Sentence examples for famine struck from inspiring English sources

Famine struck Bengal in 1943.

Why has famine struck Somalia?

Malnutrition and famine struck many parts of Europe.

In 1944 45, for instance, a famine struck the Netherlands with ferocity.

It used to be that NGOs could win attention only when war or famine struck, and the television cameras were rolling.

About 25,000 North Koreans have fled to the South, many of them leaving their families behind, since famine struck the North in the mid-1990s.

The aim is to highlight the world's "hidden hunger" – so it's not about the graphic images and swollen tummies seen when famine strikes, but rather the everyday, grinding hunger that is felt by millions of children worldwide.

In a perfect world we would have better ways of distributing surplus food to famine stricken regions or promoting land reform to optimize food production.

These are images you would expect to see in famine stricken areas, but there's no famine here.

According to Ryholt [ 58] famines struck Egypt during the reign of the two competing Dynasties, the 13th and the 14th ones, as well as during the reign of the 16th Dynasty that governed the south of Upper Egypt.

"Essentially, they are a way to make short-term changes to a generation," says Spector. "A famine strikes but you cannot instantly alter your genes.