was starving
- past progressive of starve.
Example Sentences
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“I was starving, so I got some food, which was nice. Luckily, it was a 3-footer straight up the hill. So wasn’t too much to stress about,” Riley said.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
"I was starving every day and ate grass," cries an old woman in one of them, her hands swollen from scavenging for food in the woods.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024
I didn’t actually receive a phone call, but I was starving.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2023
By 1917, as a result of the British blockade and the enlistment of male farm laborers for war, the nation’s urban population was starving, and its troops were on reduced rations.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
I looked at all the plump arms and legs, and knew that no one in my class was starving.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
