starve

Example Sentences

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Drivers have complained that because cars are energy starved this has led to unusual and counter-intuitive driving techniques - and there are various proposals to change the rules to make energy management easier.

From BBC

Weeks later, and more than 200 miles away, Inuit hunters found the expedition’s deserters, sick, and starving on the ice.

From Literature

“I am SO starved! I’m famished! If I don’t eat soon, I may simply die on the spot!”

From Literature

“Come to think of it, Rowdy,” I said, “I’m starving to death for a drink of water. Let’s go get a drink first and then we’ll really get after these monkeys.”

From Literature

“Oh, come, just one scoop. You won’t starve for it. Bet you haven’t had much fun in weeks, all that digging.”

From Literature