How to Use thirsty in a Sentence

thirsty

adjective
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  • The salty food was making her thirsty.
  • 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
  • What drinks should be poured for the thirsty heroes who make the city proud?
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 27 Feb. 2021
  • In a world thirsty for water, lawns are a sneaky siphon.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The light in the kitchen was pale and wintry; a fly buzzed around the thirsty monstera in the pot on the windowsill.
    — Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • 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
  • These plants are thirsty and will not do well if they’re allowed to wilt.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
  • An aging Texas Ranger and a mob thirsty for law and order take their shot(s).
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • That needy Jesus, who pops in right at the end, deserves his own sad and thirsty spinoff.
    — Matthew Love, Vulture, 23 May 2021
  • This way, the thirsty starches will cook as the soup is reheated.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Noah, call your bro and tell him to stop being so thirsty for a slot on Paradise.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 16 July 2024
  • It’s all of you thirsty heathens who want so many tickets.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Nov. 2022
  • There's no way to go hungry—or thirsty—in this country.
    — Nicola Leigh Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The drive wound by Orem and Provo, then through a landscape so parched that even the sagebrush looked thirsty.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Solis tried to comfort the girl, who was cold, hungry and thirsty.
    — Adriana Gomez Licon, Chron, 23 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • Add a bottle of water and a glass on the bedside table in case your guest gets thirsty in the middle of the night.
    — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Don’t plant thirsty plants into dry beds and vice versa.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Each year, the region depends on monsoon rains to relieve the thirsty earth.
    — Hannah Gard and Jennifer Gray, CNN, 14 June 2021
  • 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
  • My father was fishing on Lake Francis, east of Mankato, in the 1950s and was thirsty.
    — Star Tribune, 18 Feb. 2021
  • With drought upon us once more, swap out your lawn for less thirsty garden plants.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Blake Lively is still so thirsty for her husband Ryan Reynolds.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Nov. 2022
  • There are countless apps and gadgets on the market, but the real test is seeing when the soil is thirsty.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Get thirsty with the full list of new and returning specialty drinks.
    — Torey Van Oot, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Other than being thin and thirsty, the fox appeared to be in good health and was responding to treatment, the Bird Alliance said.
    — Kale Williams, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Foreign beer lovers have for years helped the Czech Republic keep its position as the world’s thirstiest nation.
    — Afp, Fortune Europe, 15 Oct. 2024

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