Example Sentences
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Starved of cash, the U.N. has made historically large spending cuts and embarked on an efficiency drive.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Starved of inflows, the lake lost about half its volume and became twice as salty.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
Starved for oxygen, the surrounding nerve cells degraded, and the mutant mice were more vulnerable to stroke-like injuries.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2024
Starved of the real thing, Boon studied old footage, photographs and interviews to capture what the show calls Rotten's "rancid brilliance".
From BBC • May 27, 2022
Last year they took us to Starved Rock State Park, which was beautiful.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
