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Discover LudwigThe phrase "is starved" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a person or animal who is suffering from severe hunger or deprivation of food. Example: The dog in the shelter is starved and desperately needs to be fed and cared for.
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"But right now, no asset class is starved," he said.
The country is starved for a grown-up debate.
There is, but it is starved of resources.
As always, the cabaret field is starved for men.
Yet the evening is starved of inner life, and of precise language.
TalkTalk chief Dido Harding describes its service as "dreadful", saying the business is "starved of capital".
"The whole Gulf Coast is starved for aggregate," William Langer, the research geologist, told me.
Education in this country is starved for adequate financing, yet education is our future.
After all the setbacks and so much sorrow, Odom is starved for success.
The brain is starved of oxygen by making the prisoner breathe nitrogen through a mask.
At the moment, the neighborhood in spots is starved for restaurants.
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