starved for

idiom

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

Certainly not for novelty’s sake; we are hardly starved for dramas of mental decay, or for the stupendous feats of acting that are often achieved in their service. —Justin Chang, New Yorker, 19 June 2025

In today’s hyperconnected world, businesses are awash in data—yet most remain starved for insight. —Imre Szenttornyay, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

But the hesitation also stems from a culture starved for political imagination, preventing many of our neighbors from reaching for so much more than the scraps we’ve been forced to settle for. —Audrey Sasson, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025

Shares of stablecoin issuer Circle soared in its NYSE debut today, a validation of crypto’s newfound importance to the American financial system and a symptom of investors starved for new issuances during a long IPO drought. —Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 June 2025

Rhymes for starved for

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