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  • adjective superlative form of thirsty: most thirsty.

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Examples

  • Sacramento is one of the so-called thirstiest cities in the nation, with demand for the limited resource outpacing the precious supply, according to a national magazine.

    National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010

  • For the first month of Ricardo and Felicity's affair, they greeted one another at every stolen rendezvous with a kiss -- a lengthy, ravenous kiss, Ricardo lapping and sucking at Felicity's mouth as if she were a giant cage-mounted water bottle and he were the world's thirstiest gerbil.

    Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-3-2010 nwhyte 2010

  • (Small wonder neighboring DC is the thirstiest non-state in the nation.)

    Better know a wine law: Maryland! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

  • In her entry, Ringle describes a 'lengthy, ravenous kiss' between two lovers: 'Ricardo lapping and sucking at Felicity's mouth as if she were a giant cage-mounted water bottle and he were the world's thirstiest gerbil.'

    Archive 2010-06-27 Bill Crider 2010

  • Again, there was little reported trouble until the screen broke down, though there was a degree of astonishment from two of the thirstiest nations in European football that the shops and bars had not stocked up specially for the occasion.

    Giant screens at Wigan could keep Rangers fans out of trouble 2010

  • Job losses in manufacturing, especially automotive are rising weakly - bad/good bad for the economy but good for the environment and long term oil supplies as people are actually driving less - 3% so far, and sales of the biggest, thirstiest vehicles are falling like buffalo chased of a cliff.

    Archive 2008-07-20 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008

  • "The world's thirstiest gerbil" interlude: The worst first sentences of novels from the past year.

    Wonkbook: House passes FinReg; unemployment insurance fails; CBO makes the case for stimulus 2010

  • Among the thirstiest for expansion abroad are, ironically enough, Kirin and Suntory.

    Corporate Japan Loses the Urge to Merge 2010

  • Job losses in manufacturing, especially automotive are rising weakly - bad/good bad for the economy but good for the environment and long term oil supplies as people are actually driving less - 3% so far, and sales of the biggest, thirstiest vehicles are falling like buffalo chased of a cliff.

    Trying to catch up! Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008

  • India, for instance, is the world's second-largest producer of cotton, the thirstiest of crops: It takes 11,000 liters of water to produce a single kilogram.

    Fight Droughts with Science 2009

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