Example Sentences

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They had been thirsting in the desert for a long time, and at long last they were about to taste the elixir of revival.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2022

I would no more have turned from it than I would have turned from food, if I had been starving; or water after I had been thirsting in the desert.

From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson

Here was the woodsman's golden opportunity—an opportunity for which he had been thirsting since the receipt of that letter.

From Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods by Hornibrook, Isabel

Vauvenargues had been living in a dream of military glory, and had been thirsting to serve his country in the loftiest and most responsible capacities.

From Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France by Gosse, Edmund

For three years Leeds had been thirsting for his liberty; his heart was fixed on that one object.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William