starved to death
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Strangely, one of the show’s most captivating songs, “Pavane for a Dead Lizard,” is about a reptile that starved to death because of Victoria’s negligence.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
‘It starved to death before it ever saw the light of day.’
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2024
Zelenskiy pointed out that the attack had come in the early hours of the day when Ukrainians commemorate their worst national tragedy -- the 1932-33 Holodomor famine in which several million people starved to death.
From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2023
“It’s a place of holocaust. Our people starved to death there,” said Kevin Jensvold, chairman of the Upper Sioux Community, a small tribe with about 550 members just outside the park.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2023
You talk about hungry, there’s nothing like knowing your grub is off somewhere digesting in a bear to make you feel starved to death.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
