thirsty

Example Sentences

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“It’s so thirsty for something it can wrap its arms around and say this is the outcome of the AI boom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Swalwell, Porter and Steyer argued that there are faster and less expensive ways to collect and deliver water to thirsty parts of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

"I have been moving by foot... my head is severely in pain... we are thirsty."

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

When Slovakia was part of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the cars it made were, by Western standards, shoddy, noisy, thirsty and slow.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

She'd had no idea how thirsty she was.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate