was thirsting
- past progressive of thirst.
Example Sentences
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“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 country, she said, was thirsting for “deep systemic solutions to our crises.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2020
The fine was reduced to $25,000, but Cooder was ordered to stay out of Cuba at the precise moment the public was thirsting for more Cuban music.
From Time Magazine Archive
Says Liu: "I came because I saw that the entire leadership of the country, the fabric of the country was thirsting for biology."
From Time Magazine Archive
She was thirsting for help, for help that she could understand.
From Audrey Craven by Sinclair, May
