On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Starved. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as starving or malnourished and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Starved meaning
- Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
- Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
- Extremely hungry.
Synonyms of Starved
Using Starved
- The main meaning on this page is: Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished. | Deprived of nourishment or of something vital. | Extremely hungry.
- Useful related words include: starving, malnourished, famished, ravenous.
- In the example corpus, starved often appears in combinations such as: starved of, starved for, starved to.
Context around Starved
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Starved
- In this selection, "starved" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sex, cup, intentionally, dead, city and hospitals stand out and add context to how "starved" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and was starved of quality and are already starved for power. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "starved" sits close to words such as anthropology, behaved and bianca, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with starved
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It doesn't go too well for attention-starved lad. (10 words)
During the Great Leap Forward, tens of millions starved to death. (11 words)
However, Miovki failed to find his goal touch and was starved of quality service. (14 words)
A married man and father of two, it’d certainly be understandable if the stress of running the Maple Leafs in a hockey-mad (and Stanley Cup-starved) city such as Toronto resulted in strains on his family members as well. (41 words)
Carson, a legend in the history of U.S. expansion in the West, is known to have intentionally starved and massacred Navajo people while serving the U.S. military in 1864, according to the name change proposal. (37 words)
Oyarekhua said that the modular refineries that are currently producing are starved of crude and even when the crude is available, the local producers want them to pay for it in US dollars. (33 words)
Damn, did the show just kill off Sarah, Wendell, Jacob, and all those others in a few lines by Strand about how they all starved to death? (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
My father was starved dead; and I was starved out to America in my mother's arms.
A dispatch in the Times by its former Kyiv correspondent said Ukrainian troops defending the frontline area were “starved of ammunition” and hamstrung in their attempts to repel the advancing enemy soldiers.
A married man and father of two, it’d certainly be understandable if the stress of running the Maple Leafs in a hockey-mad (and Stanley Cup-starved) city such as Toronto resulted in strains on his family members as well.
At a time when inflation and workforce shortages have starved hospitals of revenue, there could be financial advantages by operating at a larger scale.
But we’re not going back to being starved little waifs too weak to stop you stomping all over us.
Candidates include the inherited condition sickle cell anaemia, in which a single gene defect disrupts haemoglobin production with serious consequences for patients, who suffer anaemia because their bodies are starved of oxygen.
Carson, a legend in the history of U.S. expansion in the West, is known to have intentionally starved and massacred Navajo people while serving the U.S. military in 1864, according to the name change proposal.
Damn, did the show just kill off Sarah, Wendell, Jacob, and all those others in a few lines by Strand about how they all starved to death?
During the Great Leap Forward, tens of millions starved to death.
For almost a year, Beyoncé’s fans have been starved of visuals for her seventh album, Renaissance.
He has dramatically lost weight – possibly as the result of further recent poisoning – and says he is being starved.
He said they were to blame for Wagner’s losses because they had starved his forces of ammunition.
However, Miovki failed to find his goal touch and was starved of quality service.
Hussein told The Media Line, “The cash-starved country of more than 220 million people experienced year-on-year inflation of 35.4% in March.
If prostitutes offered free sex to needy men, the number of guys claiming to be sex-starved would skyrocket.
In the Wild West, frontiersmen were so sex-starved that just to see a pair of women's underwear.
It doesn't go too well for attention-starved lad.
Many of these groups are already starved for power, so they’re easy targets.
Our eyes are color-starved right now without the color- overload of spring, summer and fall, so that when we do find color in the woods it really stands out.
Oyarekhua said that the modular refineries that are currently producing are starved of crude and even when the crude is available, the local producers want them to pay for it in US dollars.
Common combinations with starved
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- starved of 43×
- starved for 28×
- starved to 16×
- and starved 11×
- was starved 10×
- been starved 9×
- starved and 8×
- were starved 7×
- being starved 7×
- are starved 6×