How to Use thirsty in a Sentence

thirsty

adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• All of the children were under the age of 2, had wet or soiled diapers and were sweaty and thirsty, the officers said.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2021
• 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
• Too Little Water Brown leaves might be a sign that your money tree is thirsty.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2024
• 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
• The moment set the internet ablaze and people posted their thirsty reactions on social media.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024