Sentence examples for they were starved from inspiring English sources

They were starved and beaten.

"They were starved for a quarter-century.

Armenians in the Ottoman army were assembled into labour battalions where they were starved, beaten or machine-gunned.

Some said they were starved for two days beforehand — presumably to make them more desperate when they got out.

They were starved for 1 h before being transferred to 100 mM NH4Cl CTX plates for 1 h in the NH4Cl trained control.

Some opposition fighters and their families who were allowed to leave as part of a surrender deal say they were starved into submission.

"They were starving, too".

"They were starving to death".

"Women were telling me they were starving.

"They were starving us financially," she said.

"They looked like they were starving, and they were filthy".