How to Use starvation in a Sentence

starvation

noun
  • The famine brought mass starvation.
  • Millions of people face starvation every day.
  • Yet, starvation came in a new dress.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Heat stress that lasts more than a few weeks can lead the coral to die of starvation.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 11 May 2022
  • This can lead to starvation and death in some cases.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The fear is there will be a second wave of koala deaths, from starvation.
    — David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
  • People died in front of him, of thirst and starvation.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • People died in front of him, of thirst and starvation.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • What helps with touch starvation?
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Half had died of disease or starvation.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Any pause in the killing and starvation of Gaza must be welcomed.
    — Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But cancer cells need to keep growing, which puts them at risk of starvation.
    — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 1 Apr. 2021
  • For these girls, being rich has less to do with money and more to do with starvation.
    — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2020
  • While in the starvation bunker, Kolbe led the others in prayer.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The irony of course is that foreign meddlers are the ones who have caused the starvation.
    — Marlene Daut, The Conversation, 26 July 2021
  • In most villages, dozens were killed by the bombings or died of starvation.
    — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2021
  • In their first winter, half died due to cold, starvation and disease.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The risk of starvation was real.
    — John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • By the time relief ships reached Jamestown, the colonists were near starvation.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2020
  • And drought in East Africa has left millions at risk of starvation.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
  • And one of the questions is whether the households have lost a child because of starvation.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
  • Four million Bangladeshi workers were out of a job and on the verge of starvation.
    — Emily Farra, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Put simply, hunger and starvation are already here and kicking in the door.
    — Ian Pannell, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Many have died of starvation under the siege, Bakheit and others said.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
  • The growths also could get in the way of their ability to see, eat or drink, which could lead to starvation.
    — Chloe Gonzales, USA TODAY, 15 July 2022
  • Think of a sports team that lost teammates but has to play on — not for imaginary points but to avoid starvation.
    — Adrian Treves, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Her autopsy showed the 11-year-old died of starvation and child abuse.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Food is scarce and the city is erupting with violence fueled by the fear of starvation.
    — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2023
  • That bag in the corner of our home is the only thing standing between us and the ghost of starvation.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The most difficult thing was the starvation.
    — Anna McAllister, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025

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