Sentence examples for famine were from inspiring English sources

The British government's efforts to relieve the famine were inadequate.

For example, the victims of famine were almost exclusively young children and the elderly.

United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's words about the famine were heeded too late.

Up to 50 Somalis fleeing famine were believed to be on board.

The most primitive parts of our brains, faced with feast, react as though famine were just around the corner.

A decade ago, when the grandchildren of men and women exposed to the famine were studied, they, too, were reported to have had higher rates of illness.

A famine is possible.

A famine is a famine.

The ensuing famine was terrible.

Famine is claiming North Korean lives.

Never has famine been so public.