Example Sentences

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"Not if you will give me the one priceless word I am thirsting for."

From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis

"On the contrary, I am thirsting for news," I rejoined.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

I am thirsting for some water taken with the snout of the calabash held downward.

From Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends by Thrum, Thomas G. (Thomas George)

I am thirsting for the pure air of our Devon moors. . . .

From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

"At the breakfast table, I trust," he said, pleasantly; "I am thirsting for a cup of mocha, after my long journey."

From May Brooke by Dorsey, Anna Hanson