thirst
noun
a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
had thirsted
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past perfectof thirst.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Eventually we talked it out and I got the reassurance that my wounded pride had thirsted for in the first place.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2013
At the castle gates he encountered a party of raving Axphainians, crazed with anger over the flight of the man whose life they had thirsted for so ravenously.
From Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
She could not understand the apathy which seemed to have come over the English officer who so lately had thirsted for the young commander's blood, and she went away from him amazed and dejected.
From The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast by Maturin Murray Ballou
Instead, the bugle-calls of the relieving force, for which my ears had thirsted so long, burst out, terrifying like the call of the Last Day to our surprised enemies.
From Gaspar Ruiz by Joseph Conrad
Alas for the venerable Beza, pillar and pattern of the faith, whom he had thirsted to see, and the grave of Calvin, aim and end of his pilgrimage!
From The Long Night by Stanley John Weyman
