thirsty

Example Sentences

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"If these things get larger and larger and more thirsty, then something has to give," Ghi said.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

“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

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

We were thirsty and hungry: we had had nothing to eat or drink since the early meal at Scheveningen the morning before.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom