famish
Example Sentences
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The President pondered, smiled, said: "Well, they can't famish on that."
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Harvey Newcomb
Switzerland could not afford to be a Kingdom,—the expense of a Court and Royal Family would famish half her people.
From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Horace Greeley
They urged Him not to listen to Ramchandra and famish Himself, but to return to His old diet and accept invitations.
From Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by K???ad?sa Kavir?ja Gosv?mi
While living bodies famish and living eyes burn for the sight of beauty.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
