famish

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Greeley, Horace

It requires nothing more of the Regicides than to famish some sort of excuse, some sort of colorable pretest, for our renewing the supplications of innocence at the feet of guilt.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

A younger son of the poorest noble would famish rather than earn his livelihood in an employment considered vile.

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken

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

From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James