thirst

• We never carried drinks in our rucksacks because of the extra weight, so all we had had to quench our thirst was a half-pound bag of cherries with which we had finished our recent meal. —  Cold, Lone and Still - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 64
• There was not a breath of air in Goa even at night, and the thirst was agonizing; even the water was hot, and the more one drank the more one wanted: it was a sort of purgatory. —  The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II
• And now that my thirst is allayed, I begin to discover that I am hungry There was a general chorus of assent. —  A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia
• We encourage the patient to drink all the cool, pure water he will take, sometimes gallons in a day, knowing that his thirst is an indication for flushing and flooding all the great systems of the body sewers. —  Preventable Diseases
• Thus, when his thirst was at its height, Lenox found the cup dashed from his lips; and that by the hand of his best friend:--a master-stroke of Olympian comedy With a curse he flung the letter on to the table Wounded love, wounded pride, and baulked desire so clashed in him that clear thought was impossible. —  The Great Amulet

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