starve

Example Sentences

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“You’re going to probably starve the person to death before you starve the cancer to death,” she said.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

The book’s opening lines capture his zero-sum Malthusian thinking: “The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

"I warned loved ones that I might be arrested, leaving a spare set of keys and hoping my cat wouldn't starve in my absence."

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

I’ve had an entire career where if I sit around and wait for someone to come knocking on my door, I will starve.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Did the last Greenland Norse starve to death, attempt to sail off, intermarry with Eskimos, or succumb to disease or Eskimo arrows?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond