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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

Ever since the beginning of the term the school had thirsted to go upon the river.

From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol

He could not comprehend how he could so completely drift away, and yet clearly it was because he had found here in Sanger the well for which he had thirsted.

From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Seton, Ernest Thompson

The repentance of those who had thirsted for Rust's blood a moment since was very pleasant to witness.

From The Lost Naval Papers by Copplestone, Bennet

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