starve

Example Sentences

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More than six million people in Malawi and Zambia face hunger after crops failed and cattle starved, according to the United Nations.

From The Wall Street Journal

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 The Wall Street Journal

My foster parents think I was starving in Cuba, and so they like to take me to this restaurant called Wolfie’s, where we eat enormous pastrami sandwiches and bowls of matzoh ball soup.

From Literature

It’s a sector starved for capital, which makes it a strong long-term investment story, he said.

From MarketWatch