starve
Example Sentences
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Anyway, the captain, he kept all the good food and drink locked up for himself while the crew half starved.
From Literature
These have three times more power in the electrical part of the hybrid engines this year and are energy starved as a result.
From BBC
More than six million people in Malawi and Zambia face hunger after crops failed and cattle starved, according to the United Nations.
A few minutes ago, I was starving, but now I don’t know what I am.
From Literature
That capital structure, which requires significant principal and interest payments before cash flow can be used for operating expenses, is “starving the business,” DiDonato said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
