starvation

Example Sentences

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While a lack of food may be driving whales into the bay, it's not necessarily starvation that's killing them.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

In turn, Germany was pushed to the edge of starvation, despite its relative food self-sufficiency, because Britain’s counter-blockade worsened the domestic fact that horses and farmers were sent from grainfields to the battlefields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

She says that studies in mice have shown that starvation enhances the animal’s tolerance to chemotherapy doses but can’t cure the disease outright.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Hundreds of thousands face starvation across the region, where more than 65,000 people have been displaced since October, according to the latest UN figures.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

The realization that she and the children were not faced immediately with starvation brought a brave smile to her face and marked the turning point in her distress.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller