Used in a Sentence

famished

How to use famished in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for famished.

Editorial note

Aide workers give it out in famished areas.

Examples12
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of famished gathered in one view.

adjective

extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for famished.

adjective

extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"

Example sentences

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Aide workers give it out in famished areas.

2

If I eat some sweets or a piece of bread I will feel famished in two and a half hours.

3

If I miss my second late night snack I wake-up famished.

4

Maybe this will work...although since I don't work well when I'm famished, I'll have to wait until I have a free day to try it.

5

Take away capitalism and we’re all famished peasants in the best case scenario.

6

Maybe that will do it. All I need is an idea, and I'm going to rape it. I'm absolutely insanely famished and I am going to go full cutthroat balls to the wall rabid insane when I get something going.

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In Hawaii it's become an epidemic - most of the stolen fruit is not consumed by famished thieves, it is sold at farmers' markets.

8

He describes the scene – famished skeletons begging for crumbs, secret police herding entire towns into railway cars never to be seen again.

9

But after lifting I am famished, and I have a protein shake immediately after getting home just so that I can cool down and shower before eating.

10

As for the newly born, they died early because their mothers, overworked and famished, had no milk to nurse them, and for this reason, while I was in Cuba, 7000 children died in three months.

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In fact, if anything, the following quote indicates an insider is just as likely to be the sourceThe common narrative in discounting any involvement of North Korea is that they're too famished and uneducated to perform such an operation.

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These students and ex-students felt in them the power to do great things, they had culture, knowledge, ability, they yearned for the life of action, its excitements and rewards, and yet there they were, doomed to spend heartbreaking years as indigent curates waiting to be appointed pastors, or as tutors in some noble household, where they were little better than superior domestics, or as famished writers dependent on the goodwill of an editor or a publisher.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use famished in a sentence?

Aide workers give it out in famished areas.

What does famished mean?

extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"

What part of speech is famished?

famished is commonly used as adjective.