Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "yunwa" ita ce wahala ko mutuwa ta rashin abinci, ko fama da matsananciyar yunwa ko rashin wani abu mai mahimmanci. Hakanan yana iya nufin samun sha'awa mai tsanani ko begen wani abu.
With our lips pressed together, our tongues fought frantically as if starved for pleasure.
I wanted to fit into that damn dress, and starved myself.
They consumed me like a man starved of food who had finally found his feast.
The discourse so far had covered such general topics as the ill-health of the English monarch, the continued strings of power gathered in fistfuls by Northumberland, the price wars that had starved some of those lucky enough to survive the sweating sickness, plus the inevitable conversation about the ferocity of the storm that continued to rage outside.
A boring lesson, an endless meeting, a brain starved of stimulation sends signals down the arm.
He might, indeed, sell his watch but he would have starved first.
Starved for attention, she had lapped up everything he offered her, becoming his devoted puppy.
Her mouth was immediately overtaken by his lips and tongue, and he kissed her as though he were starved for some sustenance only she could provide.
Sighing, he left his thumb against her lower lip and drank in her face, as though starved for the sight of her.
I suddenly realize how starved I am for female friendship, the kind where you meet up for margarita specials, talk for hours and laugh in ridiculous ways, margarita salt coming out your nose.
