had thirsted
- past perfect of thirst.
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
Flora always acted as if she knew of my repressed childhood, and of how, all my life, I had thirsted for praise.
From At Home with the Jardines by Bell, Lilian
And then, putting these things aside, they ran, equally joyful and sad, towards that which they had thirsted for so fervently.
From The Deeds of God Through the Franks by Levine, Robert
No soul had thirsted after things unlawful as my parched throat thirsted for water.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
No doubt she had been driven to despair, often, by his careless, shiftless ways; she had thirsted for success and money; just money enough, at least, to get along with.
From A Great Success by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
