Verb (used without object) : The child was starving for affection. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to starve a besieged garrison into a surrender. From Dictionary.com.
Some artists may recoil at the notion of selling their work, but it’s the best way to lose the label starving artist. From Wordnik.com. [How To Buy & Sell just about Everything] Reference
There is a reason the phrase starving artist exists, after all. From Wordnik.com. [House of the (Mostly) Black Cats] Reference
But I said to myself Bukowski starving is even more of a copout. From Wordnik.com. [She Calls Me Bukowski] Reference
The prospect of starving is a stick, whichever way you look at it. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism] Reference
Because if I do not write, I starve, after all, and starving is not very much fun. From Wordnik.com. [skin i've been through dies behind me] Reference
That Bears are starving is the result of human migration into their natural habitat. From Wordnik.com. [Bears Kill Colorado Woman Who Fed Them] Reference
Ever hear of the term starving artist?. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
0/+1Ever hear of the term starving artist?. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
If you are starving, that is a whole different problem. From Wordnik.com. [Uncommon Descent] Reference
This is why you are best described as a starving artist. From Wordnik.com. [quiz: which personality defect do you have? « raincoaster] Reference
He recalled the starving condition in which he had left them. From Wordnik.com. [Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker] Reference
Up for a while, so starving, which is particularly annoying as we have nothing to munch on. From Wordnik.com. [October 12th, 2006] Reference
With your help, the phrase starving artist will soon become archaic. posted by Lisa at 4: 34 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
Calling her selfish is like calling a starving person arrogant for wondering when they'll get to eat. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
"starving" -- in this particular street in Mayfair, led one to ask oneself what one was walking into. From Wordnik.com. [The Head of the House of Coombe] Reference
Are large numbers of people "starving" there, or not?. From Wordnik.com. [Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia's "Silently" Creeping Famine] Reference
And Layla always looks so cute with her 'starving' eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Yabba-Dabba Do! Nectarine Cupcakes with Hot Pink Frosting!] Reference
Usually, if you hold out for a few days, a 'starving' cat will give in. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Had to eat grass in captivity - now very overweight from fear of "starving". From Wordnik.com. [George W Rundlett] Reference
The cows, which Chávez claimed on television were "starving," were given away as gifts. From Wordnik.com. [Thor Halvorssen: Venezuela's 'Animal Farm'] Reference
The cows, which Chávez claimed on television were "starving," were given away as gifts. From Wordnik.com. [Thor Halvorssen: Venezuela's 'Animal Farm'] Reference
Or are artists meant to be "starving" so that they will have the drive to produce great music?. From Wordnik.com. [What's that, retailers? I can't hear you...] Reference
So, by the time she gets home she 'says she's "starving," and will usually have an egg white omelette. From Wordnik.com. [A Gridiron Workout Beats the Grind] Reference
Billionaires are disrupting the system, being above paying taxes; then we see "starving" people in bread lines who weigh 200-300 pounds. From Wordnik.com. [Julie Newmar: A Gothic Bacchanal] Reference
And I think the media became hysterical in the way they were reporting the fact that people were -- quote -- "starving" in the Superdome. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2006] Reference
Then he was a "starving" guitarist for four years. From Wordnik.com. [Centredaily.com: Local] Reference
Greenleaf said her team is "starving" for a victory. From Wordnik.com. [New Orleans Saints Central] Reference
A mother started shouting about her "starving" children. From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Update 2: Animal welfare officers find 60 'starving' cows and goats. From Wordnik.com. [timesofmalta.com] Reference
Nor is there in this kind of starving anything so terrible as some apprehend. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon — Volume 1] Reference
Most artists are "starving" early in their careers, and suffer for their art. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion] Reference
But someone on the dole who is "starving" for healthcare, gets the top-shelf stuff. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
I have 2 cats, one is a 'starving' picky eater and the other is normal and reasonable. From Wordnik.com. Reference
They warned me against travel by night as there were too many 'starving' desperate men. From Wordnik.com. [ACTION UKRAINE REPORT (Archive)] Reference
Sue Kedgley MP argued in parliament that the Government is 'starving' New Zealand Radio funding. From Wordnik.com. [- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community] Reference
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