parch

“Griffith cast a malevolent parch over the throats of local fandom by stating that inasmuch as beer never had been sold in his park, it would not now,” The Washington Post reported, sadly.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023

Perhaps we, too, are mosses, evolving to the parch of our self-made Mojaves.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 19, 2022

The searing heat, blinding sun, and arid winds that parch the throat and can drive sand and grit into the eyes, make the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula a tough place to survive in.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022

Many have fled, heading to neighboring Iran or living in abject poverty in camps for the displaced within Afghanistan as repeated droughts parch the land and shrivel pastures.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021

Behold, saith Jehovah, I will dry up their sea and parch their fountains.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

The Great Salt Lake has already shrunk by two-thirds, as a broad swath of Utah around it parches.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

Hot, dry weather parches the landscape, creating more fuel to feed fires.

From The Verge ● Aug. 6, 2021

As people move up the slopes a pattern repeats: drought parches the land, turning grass into kindling.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2018

Fever parches her lips, burns along her throat and eyelids; her ears are hot.

From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2013

What we need to prevent is the degeneration of personal interest into an egotism which parches, instead of fertilizing, and which compromises the future by the exclusive search after present advantage; for egotism is short-sighted.

From Principles Of Political Economy by Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)

A spokesperson for the estate said after temperatures exceeded 30C in May, June and July, and with the "exceptionally dry" start to July, the lawn was "parched enough for history to reveal itself once again".

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

"Our chests feel tight," she told AFP, saying the smoke combined with recent searing heatwaves and parched fields left conditions feeling "eerie."

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

ENSENADA, Mexico — In a parched hillside village southeast of Ensenada, where electricity and plumbing are scarce and roaming dogs are plentiful, a treasure can be found on the grounds of an elementary school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

He said he would hang on until next week to cut his wheat, for fear the combine harvester would spark a fire in the parched crop.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

A warm soft drizzle was falling over the parched meadows and dry woodland, bringing relief after the hot dry day, damping down the dust from the road.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

On the other hand, when the sponge dries out, it has even more capacity to suck up moisture from the soil and plants below, parching the landscape and turning it into tinder.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2025

The trend is likely to continue as the climate grows warmer and drier, reducing snowpacks, increasing evaporation and parching soils that absorb runoff.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

The drought has been particularly devastating for European agriculture, which was already suffering from an abnormally dry spring season, parching crops, making it harder to feed livestock and raising worries about reduced harvests.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

He says the authorities may soon be caught out by La Niña, a sodden period which often follows El Niño’s parching.

From Economist ● Apr. 28, 2016

They already had a pile of birds large enough to fill the biggest parching tray, which Angeline had fetched from the camp.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich