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Meanings of athirst in English

(Usually followed by `for') extremely desirous.

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Examples for "hungry"
Examples for "hungry"
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I was hungry for something new, a challenge my State couldn't present.
Perfect State
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The number of households going hungry has doubled, according to new research.
The South African
3
Although the lamb curry was quite good, I really didn't feel hungry.
White Hunter, Black Heart
4
And the children are hungry, which means pasta is a good idea.
The Irish Times
5
But doctors are hungry to hear how others think a case through.
Every patient tells a story: medical mysteries and the art of di...
1
Pub Quiz Question: Which English footballer appears in the bloody-thirsty blockbuster Hannibal?
The Irish Times
2
She was hungry; she was thirsty; she was shivering with the cold.
Which? Or, Between Two Women
3
Seven-year-old Sean was unquenchably thirsty and urinating far more often than usual.
Wired
4
The town's railway station included a large tea room for thirsty passengers.
Radio NZ
5
And then at the last moment I was thirsty; I overdid it.
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories
Usage of athirst in English
1
Rising, she took the wine, and drank of it like one athirst.
All's for the Best
2
I had been banished for five days, I was athirst for life.
The Lily of the Valley
3
Her whole nature was athirst, desperately athirst for she knew not what.
Eleanor
4
For, verily, thou wert athirst and she was a clear running fountain.
Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
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May we not be spiritually athirst, and strangers?-naked ,sick ,andin prison?
All's for the Best
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In reality thou art spiritually hungry and athirst for the Water of Life.
Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
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Thou wert athirst; He led thee to the Spring of Life.
Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
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Blessed the sore athirst who hasteneth to the soft-flowing waters of My loving-kindness.
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas
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And the knight was athirst and craved very vehemently to drink.
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
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If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he is athirst give him drink.
Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland
11
Here was the spring of life for which he was athirst.
The Indian Lily and Other Stories
12
He spared no pains, for he was adust and athirst for the winning-post.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
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We are athirst for the infinite-forlove-forI know not what.
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel
14
Night found him no longer sleepy, but athirst, and near the American Fall.
The War in the Air
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With soul athirst he sought for truth, and stubbornly groped his way alone.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 / Little J...
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Sore athirst was Siegfried, and starting up from his seat, he followed Hagen.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
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