famish

Example Sentences

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The President pondered, smiled, said: "Well, they can't famish on that."

From Time Magazine Archive

But the tendency to famish us displayed by our Rulers was not calculated to improve the morale of a civilian, or any, army.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.

"The sea-air makes one famish," said a gay voice outside.

From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James

Take, then, your regular supplies of spiritual food, that your soul may not famish.

From A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Newcomb, Harvey

The human heart would famish but for these fountains that break out in the midst of weary, toiling years.

From Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College by Smith, William Robert Lee