How to Use thirsty in a Sentence

thirsty

adjective
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Synonyms for thirstynext
  • The salty food was making her thirsty.
  • For the love of God, leave the Sweeney cousins out of your thirsty tweets.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Was the tree happy and healthy and well fed, or thirsty and stressed out?
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In a world thirsty for water, lawns are a sneaky siphon.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Miller: The idea for that one was this is a movie that is thirsty to win Oscars.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • An aging Texas Ranger and a mob thirsty for law and order take their shot(s).
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • It’s all of you thirsty heathens who want so many tickets.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Louisville swings open its arms to the world the first weekend in May, double-fisting the bourbons, and that world is thirsty.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Don’t plant thirsty plants into dry beds and vice versa.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • As his group points out, the Tesla site is remarkably thirsty.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Blake Lively is still so thirsty for her husband Ryan Reynolds.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Just as the first fat drops of water began to splat onto the thirsty pans around us a small herd of zebra appeared among the thorn-scrub.
    — Mark Eveleigh, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Just because people are thirsty for Carmy doesn't mean he's primed for any kind of on-screen romance.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 26 June 2023
  • This occurs when the glands in the mouth do not produce enough saliva, leaving you feeling parched and thirsty.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • My meat-thirsty inner monologue is not helpful—to myself or to you.
    — Joe Brown, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Somewhat predictably, Twitter's response to the new spot was thirsty as hell.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 15 Mar. 2023
  • While this will be music to the ears of thirsty fans of the crowd-pleasing stripper franchise, there's a function to Tatum's fitness.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Turns out thirsty squirrels killed those plants in 2020 while digging up roots for moisture.
    — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • All birds get thirsty, so they’re naturally drawn to these spots.
    — Time, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Sprinklers spray thousands of acres to grow a single thirsty crop: carrots.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Your thirsty and dry skin will drink this moisturizing mask right up.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The Texans know their audience is thirsty for baseball and plan to rotate the Astros score on the side panels of the video boards throughout the game.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Drinking water keeps you from becoming thirsty and can help cool you off on a hot day.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Growing up in Latvia, Muižniece was thirsty to learn all aspects of the great spirit tradition.
    — Valentina Di Donato, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The person will become thirsty and get a glass of water, and eventually the blood volume will go up and the heart rate will come down.
    — Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022
  • This tropical plant gets super thirsty, so water often to keep the soil moist at all times.
    — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 6 Sep. 2022
  • But try telling that to the legions of thirsty patrons who eagerly await that euphoric first sip of PSL every year.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2023
  • What would have to happen to change that circumstance, for fans to be less thirsty for drama and violence like that?
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Curly hair tends to be extra thirsty and this leave-in will quench that to seal in moisture, leaving your curls looking more defined.
    — Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Moss equates it to being desperately thirsty for a glass of water.
    — Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

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