empty-bellied

There was the time of the Great Famine, when the old men crouched empty-bellied to the fire, and let fall from their lips dim traditions of the ancient day when the Yukon ran wide open for three winters, and then lay frozen for three summers.

THE LAW OF LIFE 2010

There was the time of the Great Famine, when the old men crouched empty-bellied to the fire, and let fall from their lips dim traditions of the ancient day when the Yukon ran wide open for three winters, and then lay frozen for three summers.

THE LAW OF LIFE 2010

The sudden spurt of rage had drained away, leaving her breathless and empty-bellied.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

He who had once tramped the pavements of the capital as a vagabond, unwashed and empty-bellied, had now assumed the powers of the once mighty Austrian Hapsburg emperors, as in Germany he had taken over those of the Hohenzollern kaisers.

The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Shirer, William L 1961

Sir PETER, with a very proper admiration of the pleasures of life, philosophises with a full stomach on the ignorance and wickedness of empty-bellied humanity; and Mr. HOBLER -- albeit in the present case the word is not reported -- doubtless cried "Amen!" to the wisdom of the alderman.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 Various

They had been turned out of work, packed in cattle-trucks, and had come down in sun by day and icy wind by night, empty-bellied, to pack off home again.

From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War G. W. Steevens

There would be no use to fill the cans at present or start the conveyer to carry the empty-bellied fish to the cannery floor.

El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914

Oh, hell, I can't talk about this thing, but I've watched the putty-faced, hollow-chested, empty-bellied kids -- that don't even have guts enough left to laugh ....

Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Marie Conway Oemler 1905

There was the time of the Great Famine, when the old men crouched empty-bellied to the fire, and let fall from their lips dim traditions of the ancient day when the Yukon ran wide open for three winters, and then lay frozen for three summers.

The Law of Life 1902

There was the time of the Great Famine, when the old men crouched empty-bellied to the fire, and from their lips fell dim traditions of the ancient day when the Yukon ran wide open for three winters, and then lay frozen for three summers.

The Law of Life 1901