starving
- present participle of starve.
Example Sentences
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LeBeau never hits a false note as Jerry in a performance that has the rough vulnerability of a Shepard master class à la “True West” or “Curse of the Starving Class.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Starving and exhausted, he spent the last of his money on a train ticket to Doncaster where his sister lived.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
Starving the market of supply and catering to the superrich means Ferrari can charge millions of dollars for limited-edition cars, while Porsche has to sell in much larger quantities at lower prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
So does another San Gabriel Valley work: “Curse of the Starving Class,” the 1977 play by Sam Shepard about a family living on an avocado farm, with a freeway nearby.
From New York Times • May 17, 2023
Starving men take a hard view of priests too fat to walk, Tyrion reflected.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
