How to use thirst in a sentence

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More sentences with thirst

• After a twelve-mile run in the hot sun, his thirst felt unquenchable.From the entry unquenchable
• He's an adrenaline junkie: he thirsts for excitement the way an alcoholic thirsts for beer.From the entry thirsts
• The small local library was not enough to satisfy our bibliomaniacal thirst.From the entry bibliomaniacal
• I had a terrible thirst on me.From the entry on
• At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated.From the entry sate
• The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.From the entry quench
• He was crazed with thirst and resorted to drinking seawater.From the entry crazed
• I quenched my thirst with soup.From the entry quenched
• Instagays should really just stick with thirst traps instead of jokes and memes..2026 June 23, u/Glittering-Effect64, “Gay✈️Irl”, in r/gay_irl (Reddit post), archived from the original on 23 Jun 2026. From the entry Instagay
• Henry Earls uses the beaux-arts backdrop of the New York Public Library for his TikTok thirst traps.2024 January 26, Alaina Demopoulos, “Books and looks: gen Z is ‘rediscovering’ the public library”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, image caption. From the entry thirst trap
• Oh, you can scoff, Mr White, but you siblings that thirst for glory chase moonbeams.2021, Richard Woodman, A King's Cutter, page 27. From the entry chase moonbeams
• The Harries among us will soon have the opportunity to thirst in person.2019 November 13, Michelle Ruiz, “Harry Styles, and His Sailor Pants, Are Going on Tour”, in Vogue, archived from the original on 14 Nov…. From the entry Harrie
• Sometimes the thirst for pleasure predominates, then the wish to grow preponders.2017, Traumear, Beck, page 283. From the entry preponder
• Might even “slide into your DMs.” If so, you have pulled off your very own thirst trap.2017 December 21, Valeriya Safronova, “Instagram Is Now a Dating Platform, Too. Here’s How It Works.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry thirst trap
• It’s freshly squeezed and deliciously sweet, and quenches your thirst on a hot and lively summer night.2015, Robert Correll, Photo Restoration: From Snapshots to Great Shots, Peachpit Press, →ISBN. From the entry lemonadey
• Upon seating, guests are treated to a complimentary free glass of thirst quenching lemon juice with ice.2014, Ale-esi Makgekgenene, “Sanitas Tea Garden a place to unwind”, in Sunday Standard. From the entry lemon juice
• I've got a thirst, baby, and you smell like my Gatorade.2013, Greg Figueroa, Emily Feliciano, Pick-up Line Comebacks For Women, page 4. From the entry Gatorade
• As well as being stupidly hungry I had a raging thirst.2011, Amy Kernahan, Orion is Upside Down. From the entry stupidly
• The colonel was only a one-glass drinker but the girls had developed quite a thirst.2011, Bill King, King of the Outback: Tales from an Off-Road Adventurer, page 52. From the entry Chateau Cardboard
• My desperate hunger and thirst for educational nourishment from my pals was intensified.2010, Chinazom B. C. Iwuaba, Shaped by Struggles, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry secondhanded
• He could not be let die of thirst there alone in the dark.1971, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan. From the entry let
• He was maundering and mouthing about battles and thirst, in one breath.1953, James Reynolds, James Reynolds' Ireland. From the entry stillth
• Frequent thirst, with a scrapy dryness in the throat, as if after making a night of it.1939, J. W. Ward, Unabridged Dictionary of Sensations as If. From the entry scrapy
• In the meantime save that thirst to quench it in LIQUID SUNSHINE.1919, The Northwestern Druggist: A Progressive Journal for Retail Druggists, Volume 27, page 145. From the entry liquid sunshine
• Looked at the Long-Handled Dipper a long time, and it gave me an awful thirst.1903, Burt L. Standish [pseudonym; Gilbert Patten], Frank Merriwell at Yale. From the entry stargaze
• The human-machine imbalance made Sellers concerned that the modern thirst for AI-powered optimization was starting to impede human interaction.2025 July 2, Lisa Bonos, Danielle Abril, “No one likes meetings. They’re sending their AI note takers instead.”, in The Washington Post…. From the entry impede
• So there's a job for everybody - whether it's as a rider with a thirst, or a picker-upperer lending a hand.2020 January 11, Lorraine Gierck, “Hashing - 2020 Winery Bike Hash Weekend 20-22 March”, in Google Groups (The MOB), archived from the…. From the entry picker-upperer
• She will always seek the man—one after another—and so Perlimplín has married an archetypal “cuckoldress” with an insatiable thirst.2014, Rupert C Allen, Psyche and Symbol in the Theater of Federico Garcia Lorca. From the entry cuckoldress
• Thirst is okay, but reckless thirst have me slide into your DMs and give you a glass of water.2011 November 22, @FinallyKevunn, Twitter (post). From the entry slide into the DMs
• Nothing quenches the thirst like camomile tea.”2010, Peter Bond, Exodus: Earth Fights Back, →ISBN, page 135. From the entry spit feathers
• Changes in urinary pattern such as polyuria, oliguria, anuria, enuresis, and excessive thirst can be associated with tubular dysfunction.2008, Ronald M. Perkin, Dale A. Newton, James D. Swift, editors, Pediatric Hospital Medicine: Textbook of Inpatient Management, 2nd…. From the entry anuria
• The shadows of the trees stretch in gradual elastications towards evening as if imploring water for their thirsts.2006, Duncan Forbes, Vision Mixer. From the entry elastication

Meaning of thirst

1. noun A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.
2. noun The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
3. noun A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.

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Questions about thirst in a sentence

How do you use thirst in a sentence?

Thirst is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We developed a great thirst during our hike.”

What is a short sentence with thirst?

“I quenched my thirst with soup.”

What does thirst mean?

Thirst means a sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.