are thirsting
- present progressive of thirst.
Example Sentences
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“I think people are thirsting for something positive. They’re tired of hearing about the unrest between people,” Kaye Iftner said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2021
“The voters are thirsting, desperately, for aspirational messages,” said New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2020
“In a world consumed by social media and fake news, people are thirsting to get a straightforward account of what happened that day,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2017
My heart, mind and soul are thirsting for media coverage of intellectual and spiritual quality.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2017
It is strange how men lose all sense of humanity when they are thirsting for gold.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 47, September 30, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt
