8 sentences with 'famine'
Example sentences and phrases with the word famine and other words derived from it.
• « Then, around 1600 BC, the Hebrews went to Egypt to escape the famine and were taken in by the Hyksos dynasty (during the Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt). »
• « A series of crop failures led to periods of famine in Europe from the early 14th century onwards. »
• « Many people sincerely believed that the Black Death was the opening salvo of the End Times, since the history of Europe in the 14th century so clearly involved both famine and pestilence - two of the four 'horsemen' that were to accompany the end times according to the Bible (the others, war and death, were also always present). »
• « These political expectations rose at the very time when the price of bread soared - 1787 and 1788 had seen very poor harvests, and there was widespread fear of famine. »
• « Until June 1791, the National Assembly tried to build a constitutional monarchy, even as it faced growing hostility among the great powers of Europe, all of them monarchies, along with problems of inflation and famine in the countryside. »
• « Rationing ensured that only civilian populations in the actual war zones could face total starvation, but famine was widespread. British farmers were considered so important to the war effort that they were excluded from conscription and hailed as heroes in government propaganda. »
• « Braw also travelled to Ethiopia to help Carl Gustaf von Rosen, the legendary pilot who brought food to famine victims. »