Sentence Examples

1. We moistened the parched lips, and the patient quickly revived.
2. Aric was now barely able to get words out of his dry, parched throat, as Calder tried in vain to reassure him that he would be all right.
3. As she made her way to the door, she realized she was parched.
4. His energy reached her mind, and he induced warmth and pleasure to course through her while rich, coppery liquid slid down his parched throat.
5. Her parched mouth sang in joy as Lyra feverishly scooped cold water from the creek, not caring that much of it ran down her chin and soaked the front of her tunic.
6. My mouth was parched, so went to the kitchen for a glass of water.
7. Her mouth was parched, and the thought of washing out the taste of dry blood and sand kept her motivation up.
8. The course of meat finished, they spread upon the sheepskins a great heap of parched acorns, and with them they put down a half cheese harder than if it had been made of mortar.
9. I took out my small provisions, and after having refreshed myself, I secured the remainder in a cave, whereof there were great numbers I gathered plenty of eggs upon the rocks, and got a quantity of dry seaweed and parched grass, which I designed to kindle the next day, and roast my eggs as well as I could, for I had about me my flint, steel, match, and burning-glass.
10. She carried in her hands a fine cloth, and in it, as well as I could make out, a heart that had been mummied, so parched and dried was it.