Examples of starvation in a Sentence
The famine brought mass starvation.
Millions of people face starvation every day.
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North Carolina has an additional Outer Banks herd of about 100 wild horses on Corolla, and starvation is not an issue there, according to herd manager Meg Puckett of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund.
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
The risk of starvation was real.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The consequences will ultimately be most severe where needs are already most acute, in countries like Sudan, where the United Nations repeatedly documented famine in 2024 and 2025 and continues to warn of the threat of mass starvation.
—Comfort Ero, Time, 3 Apr. 2026
By this point, experts were warning that half a million people in Gaza were at risk of starvation, and organizations such as the Rabbinical Assembly, an association of Conservative rabbis, were urging immediate action to alleviate civilian suffering.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
The risk of starvation was real.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The consequences will ultimately be most severe where needs are already most acute, in countries like Sudan, where the United Nations repeatedly documented famine in 2024 and 2025 and continues to warn of the threat of mass starvation.
—Comfort Ero, Time, 3 Apr. 2026
By this point, experts were warning that half a million people in Gaza were at risk of starvation, and organizations such as the Rabbinical Assembly, an association of Conservative rabbis, were urging immediate action to alleviate civilian suffering.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Starvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starvation. Accessed 11 Apr. 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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