famishing
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Said the Mahatma: "You have my blessing and prayer in terms of famishing and naked India."
From Time Magazine Archive
Fierce and famishing he s journed to the wilderness.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'm sure you children must be famishing," cried Mrs. Carlen.
From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
Here he was to find the happiest days of his life, after the serene but famishing voyage.
From The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines by Hezekiah Butterworth
When the famishing family had satisfied the cravings of hunger, the farmer, whose name was Blackadder, inquired, but in the most delicate manner possible, into the history of the widow.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
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