thirst after

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Rebuilding Marianne Wiggins’ novel ‘Properties of Thirst’ after a debilitating stroke, the author and her daughter embarked on the project of their lives.

A glass of water lets the spirits quench their thirst after a long journey, and tissue paper carved with elaborate motifs is commonly used to represent air.

The woman was accused of letting a 5-year-old enslaved Yazidi girl die of thirst after her husband, an Islamic State fighter, chained the child up in a courtyard without protection from the scorching heat as punishment for wetting her mattress, prosecutors said.

For water, that can be a cup of water to quench the spirits’ thirst after their journey, or sometimes the deceased’s favorite drink.