Words similar to famine

Example sentences for: famine

How can you use “famine” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

At the start of the famine in 1845, nearly 9 million people lived in Ireland.
They are suffering an accountability famine.
In Africa, Australia, India, and Southeast Asia, El Niño parches land, devastates crops, and causes famine.
Book -- Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine , by Jasper Becker;
Some examples: spirit's clothes = butterfly; slow forest = cemetery; sky cries out = thunder; sky fire = electricity; walking stomach = diarrhoea; rice scarce and fruit dear = famine.