have starved
- present perfect of starve.
Example Sentences
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International sanctions have starved Iran’s oil industry of foreign investment and technology, threatening an eventual collapse in production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
About 400 people are thought to have starved to death in the past six months in Ethiopia's Tigray and Amhara regions, according to the national ombudsman.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024
If it did, prehistoric humans might have starved.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2023
The Associated Press has reported that scores of people have starved to death.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
I would have starved to death if it hadn’t been for Grandma.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
