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Definition
extremely hungry
- Louie was so famished that he went at it with his teeth, ripping the feathers loose and spitting them out in whuffs.p. 151.2
- As the famished men swarmed onto the pile, Japanese photographers circled, snapping photos.p. 268.2
- When a famished prisoner tried to get food from civilians, the Bird broke his jaw.p. 291.3
There are no more uses of "famished" in Unbroken by Hillenbrand.
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