: deprived of natural moisture
parched land
Examples of parched in a Sentence
Could I have some water? I'm parched.
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With parched deserts and deforested, flood-prone valleys, Afghanistan is deemed by researchers to be among the 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change.
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Rick Noack, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
Trust us, your dry, parched skin will thank you for it.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
But too many convoluted narrative beats and too many strained attempts to reinvent the crime-comedy formula ultimately reveal what’s so parched about this particular stretch of cinematic landscape.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
In hot, dry conditions already primed for fire, people’s actions can quickly escalate from a harmless mistake — such as hammering a metal stake into the parched ground — to igniting a blaze that kills a firefighter.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
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Rick Noack, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
Trust us, your dry, parched skin will thank you for it.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
But too many convoluted narrative beats and too many strained attempts to reinvent the crime-comedy formula ultimately reveal what’s so parched about this particular stretch of cinematic landscape.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
In hot, dry conditions already primed for fire, people’s actions can quickly escalate from a harmless mistake — such as hammering a metal stake into the parched ground — to igniting a blaze that kills a firefighter.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
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“Parched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parched. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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