parched

adjective \ ˈpärcht \

|Updated on: 9 Jun 2018

Examples: parched in a Sentence

Definition of parched

: deprived of natural moisture

parched land

; also : thirsty

He was parched after the long hike.

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Examples of parched in a Sentence

Could I have some water? I'm parched.

Recent Examples of parched from the Web

The boom is remaking every aspect of life in this parched part of the country, for good and for ill.

— jeffrey ball, Fortune, "Photographing The Permian Basin," 25 May 2018
But the wind has died, the parched ground along Bayou St. John has soaked up the rain, generators are pumping out juice and the stage speakers are blasting a Dr. John recording to prove their concert-worthiness.

— doug maccash, NOLA.com, "Bayou Boogaloo bounces back from a wicked storm," 19 May 2018
That, in turn, would provide more water for the farms and orchards Westlands serves in the perpetually parched San Joaquin Valley.

— ryan sabalow and dale kasler, sacbee, "This one stretch of river could decide the future of Shasta Dam | The Sacramento Bee," 7 May 2018
In 1936, Louis Meyer, parched from a long, hot race, asks for buttermilk in Victory Lane.

— dawn mitchell, Indianapolis Star, "10 cool facts about Indy 500 history and race traditions," 21 May 2018
Robert McBride, whose parched sheep station in the state of New South Wales depends on its flow, estimates that 600km of the lower Darling will run dry this year.

— The Economist, "Australia’s biggest river is running dry, despite plans to save it," 19 May 2018
Everything built to the sublime adagio whose slow unfolding was superbly controlled and brought beautiful playing from the CSO string choir, even if the hall’s parched acoustics bleached the sound of resonance.

— john von rhein, chicagotribune.com, "Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the CSO in an eloquent Mahler Ninth Symphony," 18 May 2018
Using climate models the team showed rising temperatures will likely push the divide east, as the parched western plains expand.

— shannon hall, Scientific American, "A Nation Divided: Arid/Humid Climate Boundary in U.S. Creeps Eastward," 27 Apr. 2018
Raging waters filled streets and flooded stores and homes in videos and photos posted on social media, while videos from the desert showed the parched landscape suddenly inundated with torrential waters.

— oren liebermann, CNN, "9 teenagers dead as flash floods hit Israel and West Bank," 26 Apr. 2018

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