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

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

Even with Gordon, the Nuggets are starved for depth. —Tony Jones, New York Times, 17 May 2025

Computex might be the right time for AMD to do this, bringing an exciting power play to a show that might otherwise be starved for new silicon. —Pcmag Staff, PC Magazine, 15 May 2025

Rhymes for starved for

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