half-starved

[I] t is a long stretch to compare a half-starved bird that kills all her nestlings to a well-nourished woman who just delivered a baby and gets depressed two days later.

An Evolutionary Model of Depression, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But, it is a long stretch to compare a half-starved bird that kills all her nestlings to a well-nourished woman who just delivered a baby and gets depressed two days later.

An Evolutionary Model of Depression, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

And what kind of shape will they be in when they stumble out of the wilderness with their half-starved cabayos?

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Your guardian angels—and, yes, you are blessed to have more than one of them—sent two half-starved animals to save you.

Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

Great Mico, we expected to find you strong and ready to destroy the monster as he staggers out of the forest, half-starved.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

There, it was said, they intended to rest and allow their half-starved cabayos to graze and recover.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Once Kampusch had finally burst free, beaten and half-starved – aftereight years of unseen sunsets and sunrises, she had become something of a butterfly when it came to self-expression.

3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch Vanessa Thorpe 2010

Poor Mr. Petersen must be half-starved if he thinks lutefisk is delicious.

The Trouble With May Amelia Jennifer L. Holm 2011

Even half-starved, their cabayeros will break your formations and butcher your warriors to the last man.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Then he tried to force his half-starved cabayo through a marshy area.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011