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:

Cursed by emigration since the potato famine of the 1840s, "Ireland ached to present itself as Europe's 'victim,' with the English invariably cast as the villain of the piece.
And the treasury was empty after earthquake, famine, and plague had crippled the economy.
They are suffering an accountability famine.
I object, however, to Foer's characterization of both the famine and the current vogue of Irish-American identification with Irish history and culture.
At the start of the famine in 1845, nearly 9 million people lived in Ireland.