parch
verb (used with object)
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
were parching
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past progressiveof parch.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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While members of the American National Livestock Association were parching in El Paso last week another convention in Chicago was setting records for liquor consumption, big buying and fun.
From Time Magazine Archive
Throats which had groaned that night were parching for a cheer.
From Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
When interviewed after the eighteenth lap, Mr. Lasbert said: "I wouldn't do it another time, not if the child were parching."
From Love Conquers All by Gluyas Williams
"Yes," said Barnes, surprised to find that a curious sensation in his throat, as though he were parching, precluded his saying more.
From A Modern Wizard by Rodrigues Ottolengui
There was a busy hum on all sides; the squaws were preparing large quantities of buffalo meat, cutting it in long, thin strips, and were parching corn in stone vessels.
From Betty Zane by Zane Grey
