famish

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Directly there came by a child, With toiling step, and vision wild, "Father," said she, with hunger dread, "We famish for the want of bread."

From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf

I take my eyes from what too much would please, As men in fevers famish their disease.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Nor would the mob be able to rule if they got all they desire; they would only tear each other to pieces, and die drunk or famish sober.

From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen

C is the CORN-LAWS, that famish’d the poor; D is the DEBT, that will famish them more.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 by Various