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
"If I don't find a job here, I'll have to emigrate again. We have no choice. We can't starve," he added.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
I’ve had an entire career where if I sit around and wait for someone to come knocking on my door, I will starve.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
They might like me better if I were hungry like them, but I'd rather not starve.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
