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

The Bills were starved for success when Beane arrived in May 2017. — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Fans starved for a change showed up in force and were rewarded. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

But 12 years removed from UCLA’s last 10-win season with Coach Jim Mora and quarterback Brett Hundley, and still experiencing scars from Chip Kelly’s departure and DeShaun Foster’s brief tenure, the Bruins’ fans are starved for victories. — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 4 Sep. 2026

At the southern end of the Everglades, where marshes and coastal wetlands are most starved for freshwater, peat has started to collapse, ripping open the shallow sawgrass marshes to leave behind deeper pits of open water. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for starved for

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