Sentence examples for kept hungry from inspiring English sources

For starters, there is no dog in the house, so a neighborhood dog needs to be enlisted for this service but the dog must be kept hungry enough that it will eat the leftovers when they are available, while not so hungry that it will expire from lack of nourishment when there are no leftovers.

A ball player's got to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer.

They must be kept hungry, or they ignore their trainers.

If the animals don't perform, they do not eat; they need to be kept hungry to make them perform all the tricks.

Its yummy lemony tea fragrance means you can smell good AND keep hungry critters at bay.

Think of it as cheap way to keep hungry poor people from revolting.

Gardeners have long used homemade remedies to keep hungry deer from eating their rhododendrons and tulips.

"It's not my goal to keep hungry people out of the program -- that's a disgrace," Mr. Glickman said.

Get there early to avoid queuing, although the staff do their best to keep hungry punters happy, offering drinks to those standing in line.

In return, the ants keep hungry herbivores at bay and occasionally kill surrounding vegetation, creating a clearing around the trees.

Ground squirrels have a wide array of defensive strategies to keep hungry snakes from making a meal of their pups.