How to Use famish in a Sentence

famish

verb

• If you're truly famished, go for one of the all-day breakfasts.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• All that marauding must have left the Vikings famished.
  — National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2017
• The boys were famished and weak when they were found, having lost an average of more than four pounds each.
  — John Bacon, ajc, 12 July 2018
• At 10:31, a regular shows up, famished and with a low-blood-sugar temper tantrum, ready to go.
  — Jay Sacher, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2017
• For years, researchers have seen mice and rats perform well on cognitive tests when famished.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2018
• Should you get famished while shopping the art, snack on lobster rolls, tacos, pork belly, pizza and beer from Old Town restaurants.
  — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2018
• British statesman John Montagu, who was the fourth Earl of Sandwich, was famished and created the concoction.
  — Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2017
• After being swamped with a bevy of interviews throughout the day, Wiz is clearly famished.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 13 June 2018
• Collectors, famished by the low-calorie fare of the seventies’ avant-garde, adored the sensuous, cheeky, and grand efflorescence in the painting of the eighties.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2017
• When someone is famished, even five minutes can seem interminable.
  — Dear Abby, oregonlive.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• The menu, posted above the far end of a bar that glows atomic orange, reads like a ransom note from a desperately famished kidnapper: rib tips, egg rolls, mostaccioli, french fries.
  — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 20 Apr. 2018
• After all that intense activity, my kids would be famished.
  — Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Redbook, 15 Jan. 2012
• Your nephew can circulate with his camera for whimsical candid shots: famished guests loading up buffet plates, exuberant dancers in the conga line, the flower girls gleefully poking their fingers in the wedding cake.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 June 2018
• These major metropolises are aching, famished for silverware.
  — Filip Bondy, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2016

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