Thesaurus / thirsty
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Right now, Pauline says, farmers measure soil moisture to see if their plants are thirsty.
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Fuel-thirsty four-engine jets, like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380, are decidedly passé these days, while aircraft with just two engines represent both the present and future of air travel.
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His measurements astounded him—the force the spores generated as they cycled between small and thirsty and massive and moist was enough to act like a powerful, humidity-controlled muscle.
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This one is designed to hold onto moisture, and is best for thirsty plants like cucumbers.
INDOOR POTTING MIXES FOR A THRIVING HOUSEPLANT JUNGLEPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMSEPTEMBER 24, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
Millions took up the invitation, replacing hardy prairie grass with thirsty crops like corn, wheat and cotton.
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Then he felt thirsty, so he looked around until he had found another spring of cool water, where he drank as much as he needed.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM
Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.
And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water.
When night came they found themselves far from any stream; all were thirsty and there was no water.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADE
This made the eaters very thirsty, and quite ready to drink quantities of palm wine afterward.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADE
WORDS RELATED TO THIRSTY
- acquisitive
- agog
- ambitious
- antsy
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- champing at the bit
- covetous
- craving
- desiring
- desirous
- dying to
- earnest
- fervent
- fervid
- greedy
- gung ho
- hankering
- heated
- hot
- hot to trot
- hungry
- impatient
- intent
- keen
- longing
- pining
- rarin' to go
- ready and willing
- restive
- restless
- self-starting
- solicitous
- thirsty
- vehement
- voracious
- warmblooded
- wild
- wishful
- yearning
- zealous
- abrupt
- agog
- antsy
- anxious
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- brusque
- chafing
- choleric
- curt
- demanding
- dying to
- eager
- edgy
- feverish
- fretful
- hasty
- having short fuse
- headlong
- hot under collar
- hot-tempered
- impetuous
- indignant
- intolerant
- irascible
- irritable
- itchy
- keen
- on pins and needles
- quick-tempered
- racing one's motor
- restless
- ripe
- snappy
- straining
- sudden
- testy
- thirsty
- unforbearing
- unindulgent
- vehement
- violent
- acquisitive
- agog
- ambitious
- antsy
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- champing at the bit
- covetous
- craving
- desiring
- desirous
- dying to
- earnest
- fervent
- fervid
- greedy
- gung ho
- hankering
- heated
- hot
- hot to trot
- hungry
- impatient
- intent
- keen
- longing
- pining
- rarin' to go
- ready and willing
- restive
- restless
- self-starting
- solicitous
- thirsty
- vehement
- voracious
- warmblooded
- wild
- wishful
- yearning
- zealous
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