thirst
noun
a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
was thirsting
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past progressiveof thirst.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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
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
When Wall Street was thirsting for a growth stock, Randell provided it.
From Time Magazine Archive
All this was very trying to the newly-married man, who was thirsting for sympathy.
From A Window in Thrums by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
