dry-throated

Aching and dry-throated, I rolled off the settee and stumbled into the bathroom.

Travel 2006

Not even the kettle had been put on for his tea; and, dry-throated and unrefreshed, he had to sally forth again to fetch doctor and midwife.

Two Tales of Old Strasbourg 2003

Irregulars would be dry-throated before dawn, with no recourse but to send out a watering party and divide their strength, or else lift the siege.

Conan and The Mists of Door Green, Roland 1995

"Could have been a language, I suppose," said Frederika, dry-throated.

Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981

Returning too, dry-throated, over and over again, to its several well-prodded horrors: the bird's gaping bones in its cage of old sticks; the black flies in the corner, slimy dead; dry rags of snakes; and the crowded, rotting, silent-roaring city of a cat's grub-captured carcass.

Cider With Rosie Lee, Laurie 1959

It had spread filth over his uniform, added another year to his face, and made waking each morning a dry-throated torture.

Victory Lester Del Rey 1954

If the man who was sobbing in those dry-throated gasps had been kidnapped, the police should be notified at once.

The Red Trailer Mystery Campbell, Julie, 1908- 1950

If the man who was sobbing in those dry-throated gasps had been kidnapped, the police should be notified at once.

The Red Trailer Mystery Campbell, Julie, 1908- 1950

If the man who was sobbing in those dry-throated gasps had been kidnapped, the police should be notified at once.

The Red Trailer Mystery Campbell, Julie, 1908- 1950

It was as if the sparkling tent of the heavens were a great bowl turned over the place, hushing its stridulous merriment, stifling its wild laughter and dry-throated feminine screams.

Trail's End George W. Ogden