How to Use famished in a Sentence

famished

adjective
  • What's for supper? I'm famished.
  • The fan base is well past famished for a seventh.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Every rebound and loose ball was a pork chop tossed out to a famished wolfpack.
    — Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • No famished migrants stumble from the clumps of mesquite trees lining the dirt road.
    — Benjamin Preston, Fortune, 24 July 2017
  • And maize, which is packed with calories, is critical to survival in the famished country.
    — Julia Thompson, USA TODAY, 6 June 2019
  • As an adult, Pham worked in restaurants and served brunch to famished runners and their proud families.
    — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
  • This team is starving – famished – for a franchise quarterback.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • With hundreds of stores and services, Asian Garden Mall is a bustling place for the famished.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Is this famished man handicapped, or neglected, or dying alone silently?
    — Jiwei Xiao, The New York Review of Books, 14 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The restaurant at Tranquility Base was closed, however, so the by-then famished band found a late-night diner down the road.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • The famished can enjoy acai bowls, smoothies, toasts (avocado or almond butter and jam), sandwiches, pastries and wraps.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
  • About 30 miles west of Space Town, Katy's food scene has emerged into something special for every famished foodie.
    — Vicki Salemi, Chron, 23 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Qataris were furious after photos of famished camels appeared in local newspapers on June 19.
    — chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
  • 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
  • The teaser gives us lots of famished zombies (including zombie dogs) and popular game creatures like giant mutant spiders and Lickers.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 June 2022
  • Newcomer to the scene, The Madrid Edition, opened three years ago but is already established as a multi-pronged watering hole for the chic and famished.
    — Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

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