Sentence examples for return of the famine from inspiring English sources

He still expects to get a good two-thirds or more of the oil and food he needs from China—helping to stave off a return of the famine of the 1990s and more dollops of aid from South Korea.

Today, North Korea said it would require 1.4 million tons of grain from international donors to feed its population of 22 million and to avoid a return of the famines that are believed to have killed as many as two million people in recent years.

Signatories include artists such as Nameless, Angélique Kidjo, 2face Idibia, Hugh Masekela, Freshlyground and K'naan, the Somali-born singer who recently returned to witness the effects of the famine first-hand.

The sudden rush of printing caused a type-famine that brought about the momentary return of the 18th-century's long "S" letter, unpacked from dusty boxes in printshop backrooms.

She had barely heard of the famine.

What led you to the subject of the famine?

My grandmother died in the second year of the famine.

The memory of the famine was still too strong.

But sheer numbers cannot tell the horror of the famine.

I first learned of the famine in early July.

The time period (1959 1963) of the famine in Zhaoyuan County was longer than the average 3 years (1959 1961) of the famine in the whole of Shandong Province.