thirsting

Example Sentences

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Investors have been thirsting for new issues, and big names including SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are readying debuts for later this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

"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

“I wasn’t campaigning for it, but I was thirsting for something different, completely removed from the work I had been doing up to that point,” Jenkins said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

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

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