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
• And the gray and white cat was quite filthy and thirsty from the ordeal.
  — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2017
• Was the tree happy and healthy and well fed, or thirsty and stressed out?
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022
• Flags raised 30-feet in the air signal to the thirsty from a distance.
  — John Moore/getty Images, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2019
• Still thirsty for more, or planning a trip for the next day?
  — Urmila Ramakrishnan, SFChronicle.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Wilted leaves are the first sign your plant is thirsty.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2025
• The Scots, who are the thirstiest of the bunch, are determined to cut down.
  — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Anybody who might be thirsty could have a change of heart.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2020
• So the gas truck is quick and thirsty while the diesel is slower and thriftier, right?
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2019
• The club’s bar is open both days, since shopping can be thirsty work.
  — Madeline McKenzie, The Seattle Times, 31 Oct. 2018
• Here’s to the thirsty, the needy, the high-maintenance women and the people who love us.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2020
• These plants are thirsty and will not do well if they’re allowed to wilt.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
• On the other hand, some users were just straight up thirsty right along with Moore.
  — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 4 Mar. 2025
• So, see ya, thirsty lawns and farewell, finicky flowers!
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
• Thursday: For those born thirsty, tonight is your night.
  — Evan Dudley, al.com, 12 June 2019
• To say the least, Twitter is grateful … and also kind of thirsty.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Nov. 2020
• No longer would animals have to be in trucks for 20 hours, thirsty and scared.
  — Jane Larkworthy, The Cut, 14 Mar. 2018
• There are hitting-thirsty teams, such as the Giants, that should take a look at him.
  — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• 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
• But the crackling energy and edge of a thirsty East Bay crowd?
  — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2020
• To avoid this, install a bird bath near your garden to supply fresh water to thirsty birds that may otherwise feed on your produce.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026
• It's also known for having almost 500 kinds of sodas, so come thirsty.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
• That has changed of late, only to have those thirsty for big V-8 engines get bitten by scary-high gas prices.
  — Matt Degen, AJC.com, 12 June 2026
• Without a thick layer of mulch, the soil dries out quickly, leaving tomato plants thirsty and struggling to produce fruit.
  — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 11 June 2026