How to Use famished in a Sentence

famished

adjective

• What's for supper? I'm famished.
• All of it was a far cry from the famished African children on the TV screens of my childhood.
  — Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2019
• No famished migrants stumble from the clumps of mesquite trees lining the dirt road.
  — Benjamin Preston, Fortune, 24 July 2017
• The Afghan went out and returned with thick slices of bread and cans of chickpeas, which the famished refugees quickly devoured.
  — Ali Arkady, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• The Afghan went out and returned with thick slices of bread and cans of chickpeas, which the famished refugees quickly devoured.
  — Ali Arkady, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
• Every rebound and loose ball was a pork chop tossed out to a famished wolfpack.
  — Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• During the sequence, a famished Mrs. Costanza screams for George to get her something to eat.
  — Marc Freeman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2018
• The staff kindly gave a famished, tired Johnson a chilled bottle of water and some chips, but also some bad news: The cost to lease the unit was $76.
  — Doug Donovan, baltimoresun.com, 6 May 2017
• A famished nurse hides two eggs and cooks them in wine to avoid having to share them if she’s seen taking scarce water from jugs in the center of the ward.
  — Lorraine Adams, New York Times, 18 July 2017
• As an adult, Pham worked in restaurants and served brunch to famished runners and their proud families.
  — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
• And maize, which is packed with calories, is critical to survival in the famished country.
  — Julia Thompson, USA TODAY, 6 June 2019
• Coronavirus seems to pounce on these attributes, like a famished vagrant at a free all-you-can-eat buffet.
  — Sam Adams, The Denver Post, 17 July 2020
• At times guided by Natives who were themselves famished while waiting for the return of salmon, Allen never stopped for long.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2022
• For the famished Harden and Paul, losing to the Warriors would be a devastating blow, one that would require months of soul-searching.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2018
• And/or, Hyacinth was miraculously able to feed pierogi to his famished flock during a siege by the Mongols.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
• In the work-from-home period, many of us stowed away our burly wool sweaters and fine corporate suits for months in dark, undisturbed crevices—prime feeding ground for famished fiber-eaters.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 15 June 2021
• But the owner, a rubber tapper, was not there, and Rondon refused to allow his famished men to help themselves to the provisions.
  — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• Their crocks once fed famished workers coming off their shifts as well as all-night revelers in need of nourishment.
  — Joshua David Stein, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
• In recent years, the province — one of the nation’s poorest — has suffered from a crippling drought that wilted fields and famished farm animals.
  — Christina Goldbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
• Celebrities at the Oscars have often joked about feeling famished during the ceremony, which is known to run late.
  — Ashley Wong, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2023
• This team is starving – famished – for a franchise quarterback.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• Also horrifying are the scenes of the famished internees making a meal out of whatever animal comes their way.
  — Alissa Simon, Variety, 22 Oct. 2021
• Bowlsby knows all too well about being on the outside looking in, like some famished orphan in a Dickens novel watching a holiday feast through a frosty window.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 18 June 2021
• Leaving guests standing around at the end of a long day nursing cocktails and nibbling on liliputian canapes (however delicious) only leaves them famished and restless.
  — Susan Fales-Hill, Town & Country, 28 Oct. 2016
• Leaving guests standing around at the end of a long day nursing cocktails and nibbling on liliputian canapes (however delicious) only leaves them famished and restless.
  — Susan Fales-Hill, Town & Country, 28 Oct. 2016
• And when a nighttime hunt goes awry, vampire bats will gather around a famished friend or family member to feed them gulps of regurgitated blood, passed directly from mouth to mouth.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2020
• Napoleon slumped into his dining chair, filthy, famished and harboring exceedingly high standards for army food.
  — Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
• Is this famished man handicapped, or neglected, or dying alone silently?
  — Jiwei Xiao, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2020
• Qataris were furious after photos of famished camels appeared in local newspapers on June 19.
  — chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
• At Lombardi’s in New York City, perhaps the country’s first pizzeria, lore has it that lukewarm pies were rolled up with twine and reheated on factory furnaces by famished laborers.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024