Famine means Extreme shortage of food in a region. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like tragedy or disaster.
Famine in a sentence
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Famine meaning
- Extreme shortage of food in a region.
- A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
- Starvation or malnutrition.
Example sentences (20)
Genesis 41:25 begins with the account of Joseph interpreting Pharoah’s dream to store up for the seven-year famine.
The brainchild of musician-activist Bob Geldof, Live Aid was organized to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
As soon as you start restricting your food intake, it sends only one clear message to your head: there’s a famine.
Famine is stalking Gaza, but the American-led initiative faces daunting obstacles in logistics, security and cost.
El-Fasher is the last stronghold of the SAF in Darfur and a key humanitarian hub for a region on the brink of famine.
Africa was on the eve of social, religious and financial disaster and famine — nonetheless happening right now.
He took over the estate in 1839 and became the principal landlord in the area throughout the famine and beyond.
There is a drought or a famine or a catastrophic event, and it makes the news, but then what happens afterward?
However, there was no return to the famine conditions experienced in Ethiopia in the 1980s during this period.
A famine in Gaza will be impossible to avoid if current restrictions on aid remain in place, MPs have warned.
But this, given the circumstances and the famine that was in Gaza, they wanted to do a working dinner with the president.
Hamas has denied Israel's accusations and says Israel is using famine to pressure the Palestinian population.
However, as the evidence was carefully examined, it became clear that there was and is no famine or food shortage in Gaza.
Climate shocks, like storms, heatwaves, and floods cause large scale food system disruptions, leading to hunger and famine.
It has also pushed Gaza to the brink of famine with 1.1 million Palestinians facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
People talk of state-induced famine and mass executions as though they were some strange natural disaster.
Mao was famous for creating perpetual famine in China during his Great Leap Forward and again during the Cultural Revolution.
When they learned of the tragedy in 1849, members of the Choctaw tribe raised $710 which they donated to Irish famine relief.
As for armed conflict, he noted that it can increase food insecurity risks and the threat of famine.
But amid threats of famine and war, the majority of the nation’s roughly 17 million citizens get on with daily life the best they can.
Common combinations with famine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of famine 38×
- the famine 24×
- famine in 24×
- famine and 23×
- famine is 12×
- and famine 12×
- that famine 11×
- famine of 9×
- potato famine 8×
- great famine 6×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word famine. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.