- present participle of parch.
parching
Example Sentences
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They are fighting a perilous battle with limited weapons against fires blamed in part on a stronger-than-usual episode of the El Nino climate phenomenon parching Southeast Asia.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
On the other hand, when the sponge dries out, it has even more capacity to suck up moisture from the soil and plants below, parching the landscape and turning it into tinder.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2025
A parching lack of rainfall extended the fire season into the normally wet month of January.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
Warm weather already appears to be parching vegetation and making it more flammable, as the many blazes that began over the past few days have shown.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
They already had a pile of birds large enough to fill the biggest parching tray, which Angeline had fetched from the camp.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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