parched

Example Sentences

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It was indeed refreshing, but no matter how much he drank, he felt parched.

From Literature

Is there such a thing as a soaking wet wit, the opposite of the parched variety, because he has that, too.

From Los Angeles Times

Dry soils and a parched atmosphere drank up the runoff before it could flow into storage.

From Los Angeles Times

If she can prove that cheetahs are worth saving, she thinks, she can help the cheetahs who are living in “the parched grassland she can only imagine. The place that would’ve been her home, too.”

From The Wall Street Journal

And when hot conditions leave mountain soils parched, melting snow can be absorbed into the ground before runoff reaches streams and rivers.

From Los Angeles Times