Example Sentences

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A parching lack of rainfall extended the fire season into the normally wet month of January.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

It is a remarkable reversal from 2021, the season of scorching temperatures and parching drought that devastated farms throughout Western Canada.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2022

The trend is likely to continue as the climate grows warmer and drier, reducing snowpacks, increasing evaporation and parching soils that absorb runoff.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

After a summer of record-smashing heat, parching drought, and roaring wildfires, devastating rains fell on the region from October to December, causing flash floods and mudslides that trapped hundreds of people.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2021

They already had a pile of birds large enough to fill the biggest parching tray, which Angeline had fetched from the camp.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich