famish

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Such is their filial piety, that they will often give the half of these pitiful wages to their parents, to relieve their necessities, preferring almost to famish themselves rather than see them want.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

"Well, donOt famish yourself on account of me."

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)

The last sounds which rang in my ears were the voices of the hungry gnomes, calling out, "Give us our victim; we famish."

From Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I by Halidom, M. Y.

Relief must soon come from some quarter, else many in this community will famish.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp