How to Use thirsty in a Sentence

thirsty

adjective
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  • For the love of God, leave the Sweeney cousins out of your thirsty tweets.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Was the tree happy and healthy and well fed, or thirsty and stressed out?
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In a world thirsty for water, lawns are a sneaky siphon.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Miller: The idea for that one was this is a movie that is thirsty to win Oscars.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • An aging Texas Ranger and a mob thirsty for law and order take their shot(s).
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • It’s all of you thirsty heathens who want so many tickets.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Louisville swings open its arms to the world the first weekend in May, double-fisting the bourbons, and that world is thirsty.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Don’t plant thirsty plants into dry beds and vice versa.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But that doesn't mean thirsty neighbors won't challenge it.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
  • As his group points out, the Tesla site is remarkably thirsty.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Blake Lively is still so thirsty for her husband Ryan Reynolds.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Nov. 2022
  • And unlike the 13, which has been released a few times, there is no plan to repeat the 15 at this point due to some very thirsty angels.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 June 2024
  • It's also known for having more than 700 kinds of sodas, so come thirsty.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
  • Just as the first fat drops of water began to splat onto the thirsty pans around us a small herd of zebra appeared among the thorn-scrub.
    — Mark Eveleigh, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Just because people are thirsty for Carmy doesn't mean he's primed for any kind of on-screen romance.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 26 June 2023
  • This occurs when the glands in the mouth do not produce enough saliva, leaving you feeling parched and thirsty.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The basketball star just left a very thirsty comment on Khloé's Instagram of her in a tight blue dress on the beach.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 4 Jan. 2022
  • My meat-thirsty inner monologue is not helpful—to myself or to you.
    — Joe Brown, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Somewhat predictably, Twitter's response to the new spot was thirsty as hell.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 15 Mar. 2023
  • While this will be music to the ears of thirsty fans of the crowd-pleasing stripper franchise, there's a function to Tatum's fitness.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Turns out thirsty squirrels killed those plants in 2020 while digging up roots for moisture.
    — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • All birds get thirsty, so they’re naturally drawn to these spots.
    — Time, 14 Nov. 2022
  • In, a young boy becomes friends with his next-door neighbor...who happens to be a blood-thirsty vampire.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Wahlberg worked behind to bar to mix cocktails for thirsty guests and talk about his new culinary venture.
    — Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
  • Sprinklers spray thousands of acres to grow a single thirsty crop: carrots.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Your thirsty and dry skin will drink this moisturizing mask right up.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The Texans know their audience is thirsty for baseball and plan to rotate the Astros score on the side panels of the video boards throughout the game.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Drinking water keeps you from becoming thirsty and can help cool you off on a hot day.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Growing up in Latvia, Muižniece was thirsty to learn all aspects of the great spirit tradition.
    — Valentina Di Donato, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • As a speaker, Simone inspires people to connect in a world thirsty for connection.
    — Harvard Business Review, 10 July 2024

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