famishing

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Famishing congregations are proffered the bugs of biology, the rocks of geology, and the stars of astronomy until their souls revolt, and they demand bread and meat.

From The Heart-Cry of Jesus by Rees, Byron J. (Byron Johnson)

And then I thought of Love that beat and cried Famishing at my breast; How I, by chilling care distrest, Denied him, and Love died....

From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John

Famishing lions and tigers will not approach the camp-fire to seize their prey.

From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)

Famishing, shipwrecked or marooned, he fought with the big Pacific surf for rock-clinging mussels, and carried them up the sands to the dry flotsam of the spring tides.

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack

Famishing with thirst, tired beyond expression, and burning with fever as well as the withering heat, we reached at last the bank of the Su-la-ho.

From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Allen, Thomas Gaskell