Sentence examples for close to starving from inspiring English sources

A year ago, Minavar Salijanova and her family were close to starving.

What North Korea has to sell The man who keeps saying no East Timor, adrift and violent The admiral starts a mutiny ReprintsThe government may be worried about possible urban unrest among hard-up North Koreans, many of whom, according to some accounts, are close to starving.

So intense were their studio sessions that engineer – and Abba's "fifth member" – Michael Tretow told Mojo in 1999 that he was often kept so busy he felt close to starving: "When there were red skies passing before my eyes and I'd be almost fainting they'd finally say, OK, let's break for something to eat!" "Michael did eat," says Björn today.

There's been plenty written about North Koreans fleeing the homeland: just how close to starving they'd been before they left, and how many countries they had to cross before they were safe, jailbreaking from a state that never lacks creativity when it comes to punishments for those who've displeased the Supreme Leader.

Just how close to starving they'd been before they left, and how many countries they'd had to cross before they were safe, jailbreaking from a state that never lacks creativity when it comes to punishments for those who've displeased the Supreme Leader.

Shortly after the rapes that month, the government ordered mines in eastern Congo temporarily closed, to starve armed groups of income.

Amy has been counting down backwards and is close to being killed by the Angel when The Doctor instructs her to keep her eyes closed to starve the angel.

The Old City of Homs and the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the capital are two such areas that are close to being starved into submission.

Never resort to starving yourself.

Don't resort to starving.

Of course, if you don't close deals, you're going to starve to death, but you want to do it with integrity and respect.