Examples of starvation in a Sentence
The famine brought mass starvation.
Millions of people face starvation every day.
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Hepburn and her family survived firebombing, starvation, and daily terror.
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Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
At the International Bird Rescue Center in Fairfield, staff are caring for about 20 pelicans suffering from starvation, while nearly 50 more are receiving treatment at the organization’s Southern California hospital in San Pedro, according to local news stations KCRA.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Within weeks, McCandless was dead from starvation, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most iconic and polarizing figureheads of modern adventuring.
—Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Cascadia Research Collective founder John Calambokidis told CBS affiliate KREM that many of the whales appeared to have died from starvation, possibly because of climate change reducing the Arctic and Alaskan food supplies that whales in the area rely on.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 May 2026
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Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
At the International Bird Rescue Center in Fairfield, staff are caring for about 20 pelicans suffering from starvation, while nearly 50 more are receiving treatment at the organization’s Southern California hospital in San Pedro, according to local news stations KCRA.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Within weeks, McCandless was dead from starvation, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most iconic and polarizing figureheads of modern adventuring.
—Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Cascadia Research Collective founder John Calambokidis told CBS affiliate KREM that many of the whales appeared to have died from starvation, possibly because of climate change reducing the Arctic and Alaskan food supplies that whales in the area rely on.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 May 2026
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“Starvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starvation. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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starvation
noun
star·va·tion
stär-ˈvā-shən 
: the act or an instance of starving : the state of being starved
Medical Definition
starvation
noun
star·va·tion
stär-ˈvā-shən
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