Sentences with starve
starve
S s - A number of the prisoners we saw are starving. [VERB]
- He said the only alternative was to starve the people, and he said this could not be allowed to happen. [VERB noun]
- The electricity industry is not the only one to have been starved of investment. [be VERB-ed + of]
- The engine was starved of fuel
- To starve someone into submission
- Starving for affection
- To starve an enemy into submission
- The child was starving for affection.
- To starve a besieged garrison into a surrender.