food
noun
any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
foodless
-
a word derived from
food.
Example Sentences
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“Being broke and homeless and friendless and jobless and foodless and anorexic — it was not a vibe.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
“I lay in a backyard in Bow, foodless and drinkless, urinating and defecating where I was,” he writes, “treating as hostile the humans in the row houses all around—which wasn’t hard.”
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
Empty, savage, and foodless: This was Detroit’s reputation when Robb first went there.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2014
Of course, in the long term, a world where an increasing number of people are facing foodless days and an increasing number of countries are facing food-driven instability could be dangerous for everyone.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2014
For the thought of his possibly lying there alone and foodless had not been a pleasant one, good reason as he had for disliking the man.
From Maid of the Mist by John Oxenham
