It was too bleak, too cold, too high, too oxygen-starved.    From Wordnik.com.  [When a Billion Chinese Jump] Reference

At this point, my brain is oxygen-starved, so we stop running.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Humans, Slow And Steady Running Won The Race] Reference

Gaia tried to get her oxygen-starved brain to make a decision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twisted] Reference

Breathless, she gagged; futile gasps drew nothing into her oxygen-starved body.    From Wordnik.com.  [String Theory, Book 3: Evolution] Reference

Dive down past bleached and oxygen-starved coral to witness the Dead Zone that lies beneath.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brenda Peterson: Gulf Oil Spill Meets Dead Zone: What Lies Beneath] Reference

There are currently some 400 coastal areas with periodically or perpetually oxygen-starved bottom waters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob Ostertag: Maybe the Meek Really Will Inherit the Earth] Reference

Were they watching approvingly, or was their attention simply a figment invented by his oxygen-starved brain?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Metrognome and other Stories]

These oxygen-starved cells then start releasing inflammatory chemicals to further trigger blood vessel growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forever Young] Reference

That dogma went unquestioned until researchers actually looked at oxygen-starved heart cells under a microscope.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reviving the Dead | Impact Lab] Reference

Blood vessel growth cannot keep up with the rapidly growing mass of fat cells, which then begin to become oxygen-starved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Nicholas Perricone: 10 Dirty Little Secrets About Body Fat] Reference

However, the blood vessel growth cannot keep pace with the fast-growing mass of fat cells, so the fat cells become oxygen-starved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forever Young] Reference

Croaker had never had anything but contempt for them, but today he would gladly have changed places with even this oxygen-starved wretch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Floating City]

We finish "A Million Little Pieces" like miners lifted out of a collapsed shaft: exhausted, blackened, oxygen-starved but alive, incredible, mesmerizing, heart-rendering.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2006] Reference

For just a moment, his oxygen-starved brain entertained the possibility of digging straight up, burrowing his way to the surface instead of trying to clear the passageway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror At Dawn]

At this point, my brain is oxygen-starved, so we stop.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

The appearance of oxygen-starved dead zones in the oceans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

The oxygen-starved tissue is therefore left with reduced blood supply.    From Wordnik.com.  [Media Newswire] Reference

After a couple oxygen-starved hours on top, we descended back to high camp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Backpacking Light Magazine] Reference

They feed on hydrogen sulphide in oxygen-starved waters in a band off Peru and Chile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference

HIF-1 turns on genes that grow new blood vessels to help oxygen-starved cells survive.    From Wordnik.com.  [India eNews] Reference

The biggest of these oxygen-starved, or hypoxic, regions developed in 2002 and measured.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference

The result is an oxygen-starved region in bottom and near-bottom waters: the dead zone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference

My vision began to blur as my oxygen-starved brain fought against the coming of the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBspot] Reference

Researchers have found millions of "super" bacteria thriving inside the oxygen-starved Lake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

Hypothermia can prevent brain damage if it beats an oxygen-starved brain's cell-destruction process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News] Reference

The biggest of these oxygen-starved, or hypoxic, regions was in 2002 and measured 8,484 square miles.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals] Reference

One solution is to put the cheese in an airtight bag, causing the ­dying, oxygen-starved maggots to leap out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

P.E.I. environment minister Richard Brown wants federal help on a detailed analysis of oxygen-starved waterways.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBC | Top Stories News] Reference

The 39-year-old woman arrived at their hospital gasping for air, her hands and feet blue from oxygen-starved blood.    From Wordnik.com.  [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference

His oxygen-starved brain was seriously damaged by the time he arrived at the hospital and resumed breathing on his own.    From Wordnik.com.  [Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage] Reference

SUSAN Boyle Watch: Journalists are dreaming of Boyle's funeral, her theme song and talking about her oxygen-starved brain ….    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Murawski said levels would have to drop another 70 percent to reach the oxygen-starved hypoxic range that defines a dead zone.    From Wordnik.com.  [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference

Indeed, the manse and its grounds look as though they've recently emerged from the oxygen-starved depths of a corrosive swamp.    From Wordnik.com.  [PegasusNews.com stories] Reference

But this is not always possible in oxygen-starved environments, like the deep sea or where oil has seeped into beach sediments.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

She arrived at a hospital in Oaxaca, in far southern Mexico, gasping for air, her oxygen-starved hands and legs a ghastly shade of blue.    From Wordnik.com.  [WTOP / Business / Biz Stories] Reference