thirstily
Example Sentences
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Or how gardens thirstily drink up quantities of water that would quickly form puddles on a lawn?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023
Franchises, of course, have always pandered — it’s in their D.N.A. — but rarely has one groveled quite so thirstily for fan approval.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
I wasn't thirstily trying to book dates, but I enjoyed the prospect of romance, far-fetched as a match felt on such sites.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2021
We wanted a drink, but there we stood, alone in the snow, thirstily looking up and down the main drag of our neighborhood.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2015
I held out the glass, and to my delight he took it and drank thirstily, finishing half of it without pausing.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
