thirst

For the other brood, a thirst for retribution is mixed with the hopes for a windfall, 16 years after their loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Quench your summertime thirst with the best spots for shaved ice in L.A., from raspados to kakigori.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Yet scientists are discovering that this everyday drink may be doing far more in the body than quenching thirst.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

They are very different forwards but what is identical about both of them is their thirst for goals.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Thus he stood forever, his undying throat always a thirst, his hunger in the midst of plenty never satisfied.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

And one which has a big job ahead: Taking the food orders and quenching the thirsts of millions of visitors who will flock to the Paris Olympics this July.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

The classic Shirley Temple is always a hit, while a refreshing apple elderflower cooler is a great way to quench people’s thirsts.

From BBC ● May 2, 2023

The half-inch-long insects are destructive agricultural pests because of their unquenchable thirsts and splashy bathroom habits: when nature calls, these bugs launch droplets of their watery pee and create puddles of disease-causing waste.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2023

Their reservoir partially inside the Holy Cross Wilderness, between Leadville and Minturn, would sacrifice natural processes for the purpose of sustaining population growth and a development boom - harnessing nature to slake human thirsts.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 13, 2020

They all rested like that, absolutely quiet, drinking more slowly now that their thirsts had been quenched, eyes vaguely fixed on shadow-casting objects downhill.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

The move comes, again, as the Lakers have thirsted for some kind of consistency, a quest that’s been undone by injuries and an ongoing search for five Lakers that can consistently play with positive results.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

And yet we found shelter within it, we pondered our lives and the lives of others, thirsted, slept.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 19, 2022

While the Islamic State sought hegemony among jihadist groups and thirsted for territorial expansion, Al Qaeda’s affiliates showed increasing readiness to cooperate with other groups and little appetite for occupation.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

England’s expanding colonies always thirsted for more Indian lands, but the French claimed vast territories without fully occupying them.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

I thirsted, like the wilted flowers in my basket.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

I saw thousands of Saudi men and women, young and old, thirsting for the sort of recreation that until very recently they had to travel abroad to enjoy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

"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

“I wasn’t campaigning for it, but I was thirsting for something different, completely removed from the work I had been doing up to that point,” Jenkins said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024

After all the uncertainty of the pandemic, people are thirsting to hear a cause, a vision, a plan for moving on.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

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