thirsting
- present participle of thirst.
Example Sentences
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Venture Global, which went public last year and is valued at roughly $39 billion, has positioned its Gulf Coast terminals as the answer to Asian and European buyers thirsting for new volumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
"That two undocumented migrants were the only ones who physically risked themselves to help the victim of a pack thirsting for horror leaves much food for thought and a series of lessons," Mayor Rey said.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
“I wasn’t campaigning for it, but I was thirsting for something different, completely removed from the work I had been doing up to that point,” Jenkins said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
The pattern could leave millions of Italians surrounded by water now, but, in the summer, thirsting for a drop.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2023
We slipped in and out of wakefulness, wincing at the soreness in our muscles, and thirsting for more of that tart lemonade.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
