Sentence examples for years of famine from inspiring English sources

So much for the years of famine.

Biafra had no chance of victory, and two years of famine and fighting would have been avoided.

Moreover, Norwegian population statistics of the 18th century indicate years of famine and epidemics, as do Swedish and Danish statistics.

Years of famine in the past have genetically programmed humans to tend to increase their food intake.

We remember the story of Joseph advising Pharaoh to build up a store of grain because the seven good years would be followed by seven years of famine.

The country's economy ground to a halt and vast numbers of North Koreans reportedly died from starvation or disease during the worst years of famine.

Eighteen months of plague were followed by three years of dearth, famine, riots and public executions.

In a year of famine people can hardly feed their own kin, while in a year of plenty they feast casual visitors not because they are alternately heartless and generous but "because of the difference in the amount of food to be had".

A military coup in 1974 was followed by years of terror, famine and poverty.

Some 2.5 million Congolese may have died in three years of fighting, famine and disease in wars that have drawn in six neighboring countries and profited business as far afield as Belgium, Pakistan and Russia.

In over 20 years of massacres, famine and armed resistance, as many as 250,000 people have died.Since the downfall last year of Indonesia's President Suharto, the prospect of voting to determine their own future has meant only one thing for most East Timorese: the chance at last to break away from Indonesia.