famishing
Example Sentences
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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
She had recovered from the first shock caused by Carroll’s news, but though she could face the situation more calmly, she could find no comfort anywhere—Vane was lying helpless and famishing, in the frost-bound wilderness.
From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold
With the vigor of famishing men they scoured the country for game, and nets were skilfully set under cascade falls, which yielded the first morning a dozen trout and white-fish.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.
In a word she offered bread to the famishing and hope to the desperate.
