parches
- present tense form of parch (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The Great Salt Lake has already shrunk by two-thirds, as a broad swath of Utah around it parches.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Hot, dry weather parches the landscape, creating more fuel to feed fires.
From The Verge ● Aug. 6, 2021
When the chicks are older and the summer sun parches the landscape, she will lead them to higher altitudes for water and cooler temperatures.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018
As people move up the slopes a pattern repeats: drought parches the land, turning grass into kindling.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2018
She had gone through the horrors of war, as through a flame that dries up and parches everything it touches, and in the end converts it to dust.
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
