starvation
Example Sentences
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The cars' energy starvation has changed the nature of driving.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
Unless ocean temperatures return to more tolerable levels, bleached corals are unable to recover and eventually die of starvation.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Crops needed to stave off starvation have been decimated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Between 1846 and 1851, more than a million Irish people died from starvation or disease.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026
I got the message and we fed him—small amounts, still almost starvation, but something—and Fred returned to his former cheerful self.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing starvation
Africa - Middle School
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Africa - High School
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