: deprived of natural moisture
parched land
Examples of parched in a Sentence
Could I have some water? I'm parched.
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The weather across the region in April is generally hot, and comes before Asia’s annual summer monsoon, which dumps rain on parched soil.
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Mike Ives, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
But compared with other proposals across the parched West, this one is almost miraculously noncontroversial.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
In a few months, December's light rains will arrive, quenching parched plains and filling empty lagoons for a bit of relief.
—Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
Then, lightly dab it onto the most parched areas of your hair.
—Jenn Barthole, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2024
That’ll be increasingly critical as the planet warms and droughts intensify: Sponge cities aim to bank water for a rainy day, or more accurately, a parched one.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2024
But more devastating fires could erupt if the parched soil does not receive enough rainfall in the crucial wetter months ahead, Dr. Alencar said.
—Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
This set includes Glossier’s best-selling Milk Jelly Cleanser, a gentle cleansing gel, with its After Baume, a daily moisturize barrier recovery cream suited for parched, sensitive skin.
—Renee Cherry, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2024
In its parched acres are said to be some of the uncounted and unknown dead from the 1928 St. Francis dam collapse, many of them Latino workers and their families.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Mike Ives, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
But compared with other proposals across the parched West, this one is almost miraculously noncontroversial.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
In a few months, December's light rains will arrive, quenching parched plains and filling empty lagoons for a bit of relief.
—Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
Then, lightly dab it onto the most parched areas of your hair.
—Jenn Barthole, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2024
That’ll be increasingly critical as the planet warms and droughts intensify: Sponge cities aim to bank water for a rainy day, or more accurately, a parched one.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2024
But more devastating fires could erupt if the parched soil does not receive enough rainfall in the crucial wetter months ahead, Dr. Alencar said.
—Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
This set includes Glossier’s best-selling Milk Jelly Cleanser, a gentle cleansing gel, with its After Baume, a daily moisturize barrier recovery cream suited for parched, sensitive skin.
—Renee Cherry, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2024
In its parched acres are said to be some of the uncounted and unknown dead from the 1928 St. Francis dam collapse, many of them Latino workers and their families.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Parched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parched. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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