starved for

phrase

chiefly US

: badly in need of being given (something needed for one's emotional well-being)

Those children are starved for attention.

Examples of starved for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

College football fans have long been starved for access to all-22 game film, silent clips of plays shot at high angles for coaches to study. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2026

Scammers can even make money off of people starved for FAN fiction. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026

But all that time on the apps, not to mention the murder, is weighing on him, leaving him depressed and starved for authentic connection. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

And Micron execs promised more good times ahead, forecasting revenue in the current quarter that will top analyst targets and explaining that the world's AI data centers will be starved for memory chips for the foreseeable future. — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for starved for

• albacore
• alongshore
• antiwar
• anymore
• carnivore
• commodore
• dinosaur
• evermore
• furthermore
• guarantor
• herbivore
• heretofore