Sentence examples for A famine from inspiring English sources

A famine is a famine.

A famine is possible.

A famine in the 1990s is believed to have killed nearly one million North Koreans.

A famine or an earthquake used to be a boon for traders.

A famine in the mid-1990s killed 600,000-1m of North Korea's 22m inhabitants.

A famine of catastrophic proportions triggered an attack from Aramaean tribes, the ultimate blow.

A famine in 2011 and a cycloone in late 2012 added to the region's woes.

A famine spread across Tuscany in 1328.

A famine was declared in July 2011.

A famine began -- and "infant mortality rose".

"A famine is a political crisis — it's not a tsunami.