How to Use starve in a Sentence

starve

verb
Definition of starvenext
  • They left him to starve out in the desert.
  • It was clear that the dog had been starved.
  • You don't have to starve yourself to lose weight.
  • Without food they would starve.
  • They tried to starve their enemies into submission.
  • At first, the team assumed the wolves would eat the deer and move on—or starve and perish.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2023
  • There is this man who’s about to starve himself to death.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2021
  • But since 2018, eight of the animals have died — three of whom starved, the group said.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
  • He was then left alone in the woods to starve when the devil paid him a visit.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 18 July 2022
  • So the manatees have to make that choice to stay warm or starve to death in that process.
    — Amy Green, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • When the snows came, the sheep went down to their traditional range and starved.
    — Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The coalition had laid siege, hoping to starve the fighters out.
    — New York Times, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Some critics then said the measure would cause people to starve in the streets.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 July 2021
  • If the people closest to the top eat most of the food, then the prisoners near the bottom will starve.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 18 Apr. 2023
  • When the prey in an area has been eaten, predators must move or starve.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2020
  • His people are starving, bread is scarce, and all that can be had is fish.
    — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 22 July 2024
  • In a hushed famine ward, starving babies fight for life.
    — Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
  • The coup leaders are now trying to starve Mr. Bazoum to death while holding him hostage.
    — Mamadou Kiari Liman-Tinguiri, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2023
  • There he was starved, beaten and put to work as a slave laborer.
    — Susan Farrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2023
  • Their goal is to starve Russian forces of supplies while closing in on them.
    — Daniel Michaels, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Refugees in these other places are starving or have no clothes.
    — Rory Fleming, CNN, 18 July 2024
  • Stranded in the hills, nearly starving, Omar plucked some red berries from a shrub.
    — Bronwen Everill, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
  • Soho House wants starving artists that don’t have the money.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Ballet myths: Do ballet dancers starve themselves for the sake of their work?
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Smart testified in 2009 that she was drugged, starved, tied to a tree and raped as often as four times a day.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The shrews must consume a hefty meal every few hours, lest the animals starve.
    — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Thousands were killed, others enslaved, and many who fled to the mountains were starved out.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The Houthis have cut Suez Canal traffic by more than half, starving Egypt of toll revenues.
    — Hal Brands, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Why does Israel need to be told to allow food to starving people if this war is being fought on the up-and-up?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Pereira was starving himself to get to 185 pounds, and light heavyweight is a much more natural weight cut for him.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

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