Summer Sanders

A lot of my struggles with nutrition date back to my swimming days. I was a super-skinny young girl who would go through hours of intense training. Afterward, I'd be famished, but I had a two-hour trip home before dinner. When I did my hardest workouts, I often ate less; I was too tired to think about food.

American Athlete

Harley Pasternak

Don't let yourself get stuck without a healthy snack option. If you allow yourself to get famished at work, you're going to be more likely to get your snack from the vending machine, and when was the last time you saw something fresh and healthy in one of those?

Canadian Author

R. Madhavan

I eat before I feel hungry. I know that when you order food or shop on an empty stomach, you always tend to over-eat, over-order, or over-shop. So I always eat slightly before I'm famished.

Indian Actor

Andrew Solomon

No perfectionist has ever met his own benchmarks, and no one so famished for admiration has ever received enough of it.

Writer

Used to express a very high level of hunger, usually after not eating for a long time.

Intensity of Hunger

Often used to exaggerate hunger for humorous or dramatic effect, not always literal.

Hyperbolic Expression

Use 'famished' to express understanding when someone is extremely hungry due to an event.

Empathetic Situations

Goes beyond food; can mean a strong craving or need for something non-physical.

Metaphorical Use

Although it indicates a lack of something, it can express a positive, eager desire for experiences.

Not Always Negative

Can describe a deep, emotional void or need when applied to relationships.

Emotional Context

 this most viscerally when I traveled to remote villages to study poverty and as I went village to village I remember one day when I was famished and exhausted and I was almost collapsing in a

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 scavengers like this lappet-faced vulture try to join the party but the famished hyenas aren't in a mood to share about all that are left are

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 when I traveled to remote villages to study poverty. And as I went village to village, I remember one day, when I was famished and exhausted,

Famished