The staff brought out dozens of dishes, and Lang, famished from the constant performance of his day, ate more than anyone, spinning the lazy Susan at the center of the table and scooping off heaps of shrimp, beef, eel, eggplant, string beans, tofu.

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Though she barely evades the jaws of a famished ogre, she ultimately finds comfort in this spectral realm.

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They seemed delighted to see B, but flew off with famished cries when he unlocked the bars.

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By late afternoon we were famished, so we headed to the hip end of Zakopane, the 1km-long Krupowki Street.

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