thirst

Example Sentences

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Aside from a thirst for world domination, Hitler could explain his attacks on other Europeans in various ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The energetic song with a pronounced Greek accent recounts a son's thirst for glory and fortune so that he can give his mother everything they lacked during his childhood.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“Meghan’s serving your insatiable thirst for dance-ready bops with the upbeat banger that is ‘Foolish,’” the release stated, cramming two bits of gay slang into one sentence.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

The thirst for further success has been made clear to Howe every time he has encountered Al-Rumayyan over the years.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“The exhausted troops, covered with a layer of black dust sticking to their sweat, looked like devils. The tired horses...had large open sores on their backs. The heat was burning, thirst intolerable.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman