starved to death
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Strangely, one of the show’s most captivating songs, “Pavane for a Dead Lizard,” is about a reptile that starved to death because of Victoria’s negligence.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
‘It starved to death before it ever saw the light of day.’
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2024
A man claims his wife starved to death in hospital while she was being treated for abdominal pains.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2024
Zelenskiy pointed out that the attack had come in the early hours of the day when Ukrainians commemorate their worst national tragedy -- the 1932-33 Holodomor famine in which several million people starved to death.
From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2023
I would have starved to death if it hadn’t been for Grandma.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
