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'starve' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'starve' with 17 example sentences.


starve verb

: be hungry; go without food

: die of food deprivation

: deprive of food

: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

: deprive of a necessity and cause suffering


  • I would rather starve than start stealing.
  • Millions of people starve to death every year.
  • Unicef has warned 1.4m children could starve to death this year.
  • Let's go eat. I'm starving.
  • "Are you hungry?" "I'm starving."
  • In rich countries, few people starve.
  • I hope that you don't starve to death.
  • The hostages starved because they were deprived of food.
  • We don't have to starve.
  • The starving boy was pencil-thin.
  • In the lights of some, freedom necessarily includes the freedom to starve.
  • It was a cat starved to skin and bones.
  • Stuff today and starve tomorrow.
  • The starving man devoured the food.
  • Feed a cold and starve a fever.
  • I won't starve if I have a real Japanese breakfast.
  • I'm a starved spider.
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