be starving/starved
idiom
chiefly US, informal
: to be very hungry
I skipped lunch, so by dinnertime I was starving.
When are we eating? I'm starved!
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About 90% of those people who make the city thrive use transit to get to Midtown and Downtown, and transit will be starved in order to cater to the tiny minority who choose to drive.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
Others share Khan’s concern that funding for a special court would mean that the ICC’s ongoing cases in African states would continue to be starved for resources.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2023
According to a new study, the muscle fibers of ME/CFS patients may literally be starved for energy after physical activity.
—Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2024
The Auschwitz concentration camp was one of many locations where Adolf Hilter’s Nazi regime brought Jews and others from all over Europe to be starved, humiliated, terrorized and murdered in gas chambers.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 28 July 2023
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
Others share Khan’s concern that funding for a special court would mean that the ICC’s ongoing cases in African states would continue to be starved for resources.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2023
According to a new study, the muscle fibers of ME/CFS patients may literally be starved for energy after physical activity.
—Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2024
The Auschwitz concentration camp was one of many locations where Adolf Hilter’s Nazi regime brought Jews and others from all over Europe to be starved, humiliated, terrorized and murdered in gas chambers.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 28 July 2023
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“Be starving/starved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20starving%2Fstarved. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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