thirsting

Example Sentences

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Investors have been thirsting for new issues, and big names including SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are readying debuts for later this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

"That two undocumented migrants were the only ones who physically risked themselves to help the victim of a pack thirsting for horror leaves much food for thought and a series of lessons," Mayor Rey said.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025

“He’s a guy that’s been thirsting for knowledge. You love that. Any time you have guys like that, you want him to have success.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024

And sometimes the changes come like a whirlwind, dividing parishes between those thirsting for a more reverent Catholicism and those who feel their spiritual home has been taken from them.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

We slipped in and out of wakefulness, wincing at the soreness in our muscles, and thirsting for more of that tart lemonade.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall