starve

Example Sentences

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“You’re going to probably starve the person to death before you starve the cancer to death,” she said.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

The book’s opening lines capture his zero-sum Malthusian thinking: “The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

"I warned loved ones that I might be arrested, leaving a spare set of keys and hoping my cat wouldn't starve in my absence."

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

People feel "trapped" and farmers fear livestock could "starve" after a significant landslip closed the main route in and out of a village several weeks ago.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

And so if I don’t find Viola and Aaron soon I’ll starve to death if this coughing don’t kill me first.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness