thirst for
Example Sentences
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It only matters to us that Les manages to return Lindy to her former status; his thirst for recognition is represented as pathetic and unseemly.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Dozens of sessions were held addressing how the gas sector can help satisfy AI's insatiable thirst for electricity, or how AI-driven software can, in turn, help the sector optimize its production.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Hopes that China’s thirst for foreign reds would return were dashed in May, when, as part of a continuing austerity drive, Beijing explicitly banned the consumption of alcohol at Chinese government and Communist Party events.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Perhaps the spluttering German economy and its current thirst for US energy were on Merz's mind.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Our only attackers were a swarm of mosquitoes that descended on me, humming their thirst for my blood.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
