thirst
Example Sentences
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On social media, the schadenfreude has verged on gleeful, with the public picking up on even the smallest references to confirm their priors and their thirst for justice is palpable.
The sun was blistering and there didn’t seem to be enough water in the world to quench my thirst.
From Literature
As hunger and thirst slowly receded, exhaustion finally loosened the grip of dread that had held me rigid all day.
From Literature
“It’s like the Roman Colosseum, with the roar of the crowd, the thirst for a powerful hit. It is incredibly emblematic of what America is in a lot of different ways.”
It appeared to be the same one — and to have died of thirst, she said.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
