starve
verb (used without object)
to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
starving
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present participleof starve.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Former residents told AFP earlier this year that remaining residents were starving, forced to hunt pigeons or subsist on whatever they had in their garden.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
“There’s not a manufacturing sector that’s not starving for talent.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
“That’s starving the world of diesel,” York said, just as demand for the fuel is picking up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
That’s one of their major clients, because if you feed starving nations, people like the United States better.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Exhibit one: their bamboo-only diet is too restrictive—limiting their habitat and potentially starving them with massive bamboo die-offs.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
