thirst

It’s almost like there’s an unlimited thirst from anyone in her proximity to lay down their own brush with the incomprehensible at her feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“I mean, I’ve been doing this thirst thing for six years, but it is tied to action, otherwise, what’s the point? Engagement is cute, but it doesn’t move people.”

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Data centers are running into a wall of public anger in the United States over their thirst for water and power.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

"Where has the milk gone?" she asked when the BBC spoke to her as she was out searching for at least a few packets to quench her customers thirst for chai.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

We’d heard rumors of rain in the river valleys west of us, and those tales aroused the deepest thirst you can imagine—the thirst of dying crops and animals.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

He thirsts for the kind of ultimate supremacy and luxury enjoyed by monarchical figures of the past, who built the likes of Egyptian temples and Versailles, leaving lasting marks on their national landscapes.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

And one which has a big job ahead: Taking the food orders and quenching the thirsts of millions of visitors who will flock to the Paris Olympics this July.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

The half-inch-long insects are destructive agricultural pests because of their unquenchable thirsts and splashy bathroom habits: when nature calls, these bugs launch droplets of their watery pee and create puddles of disease-causing waste.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2023

Their reservoir partially inside the Holy Cross Wilderness, between Leadville and Minturn, would sacrifice natural processes for the purpose of sustaining population growth and a development boom - harnessing nature to slake human thirsts.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 13, 2020

They all rested like that, absolutely quiet, drinking more slowly now that their thirsts had been quenched, eyes vaguely fixed on shadow-casting objects downhill.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Looks and physical attractiveness have influenced American politics since the widespread adoption of television, and Ossoff isn’t the first or the only political candidate the internet has thirsted over.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Suddenly, Team USA was down to one out and the baseball world got the matchup it thirsted for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

And yet we found shelter within it, we pondered our lives and the lives of others, thirsted, slept.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 19, 2022

While the Islamic State sought hegemony among jihadist groups and thirsted for territorial expansion, Al Qaeda’s affiliates showed increasing readiness to cooperate with other groups and little appetite for occupation.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

Dany hungered and thirsted with the rest of them.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

I saw thousands of Saudi men and women, young and old, thirsting for the sort of recreation that until very recently they had to travel abroad to enjoy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

"That two undocumented migrants were the only ones who physically risked themselves to help the victim of a pack thirsting for horror leaves much food for thought and a series of lessons," Mayor Rey said.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

After all the uncertainty of the pandemic, people are thirsting to hear a cause, a vision, a plan for moving on.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

The series creators, however, argue that thirsting for revenge is pointless.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2022

We slipped in and out of wakefulness, wincing at the soreness in our muscles, and thirsting for more of that tart lemonade.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall