How to Use starve in a Sentence

starve

verb

• 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.
• The virus may invade the brain, or starve it of oxygen.
  — Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 2 June 2020
• 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
• It could be ordered to starve itself healthy and it could be made to wait for help.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Apr. 2020
• 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
• They are beaten, they are tortured, they are raped, they are shot, hanged, and starved.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• 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
• For those with more energy, there are classes and lectures on all aspects of wellbeing, alongside regular recitals – a nod to Otto's belief that starving the mind while denying the body is no way to live.
  — Bill Prince, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024