Explore Parched through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like baked or scorched. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Parched meaning
- Dry.
- Very thirsty.
Using Parched
- The main meaning on this page is: Dry. | Very thirsty.
- Useful related words include: adust, baked, scorched, sunbaked.
- In the example corpus, parched often appears in combinations such as: the parched, and parched, was parched.
Context around Parched
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Parched
- In this selection, "parched" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, previously, sit, soils, skin, areas and desert stand out and add context to how "parched" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include across his parched fields the and and hydrate parched lips. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "parched" sits close to words such as abducting, accentuate and accomplishes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with parched
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Consider this a drink of water for parched skin. (9 words)
The landscape around Iron Mountain, just south of Merritt, is parched. (11 words)
But large stretches of the riverbed usually sit parched beside the farmlands. (12 words)
Authorities in Spain’s parched northeast warned Tuesday that and a wide surrounding area that's home to some 6 million people could face even tighter restrictions of water use in the coming months. (34 words)
As with energy, technology and innovation can solve food security problems, Almheiri said, noting that it has helped the UAE, with its parched desert landscape, devise a food security strategy. (30 words)
What you get instead is an easy-to-spread, super-soothing moisturizer containing a good mix of humectants, emollients and occlusives to help soothe parched skin and restore moisture levels. (30 words)
And how come I’m eternally parched, but hard seltzers aren’t hydrating? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
As the record-setting snowpack melted, rivers and streams across the state carried even more water to previously parched areas.
As with energy, technology and innovation can solve food security problems, Almheiri said, noting that it has helped the UAE, with its parched desert landscape, devise a food security strategy.
Authorities in Spain’s parched northeast warned Tuesday that and a wide surrounding area that's home to some 6 million people could face even tighter restrictions of water use in the coming months.
But large stretches of the riverbed usually sit parched beside the farmlands.
Consider this a drink of water for parched skin.
He warned of the state’s “parched” future if something isn’t done to secure water and pledged his caucus’ engagement on the issue.
In recent years, long dry spells in the mountains have left the soils parched.
Parched Lands: Fundamentally, the weather forecast for Argentina was the main source of movement for corn and soybeans, with dryness seen later in the week.
The wintry weather flooded homes, triggered power outages, and brought much-needed rain to drought-parched agriculture, though in some cases, more water than the crops could withstand.
We recommend Ole Henriksen Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment ($29), a peptide-rich balm that helps to boost collagen and to smooth and hydrate parched lips.
What you get instead is an easy-to-spread, super-soothing moisturizer containing a good mix of humectants, emollients and occlusives to help soothe parched skin and restore moisture levels.
When Josep Altarriba looks across his parched fields, the Spanish farmer can't remember a time of such widespread drought in Catalonia.
While the Rhine still has some cushion before becoming a full-blown crisis, the parched conditions are a harbinger of what could happen — again.
And how come I’m eternally parched, but hard seltzers aren’t hydrating?
Even before Typhoon Gaemi hit on July 25, China was roiled by months of extreme weather that pummelled southern provinces with record rain and parched northern regions with heat waves.
He said the ground on his farm in Victoria’s south-west was cracked due to and the earth was parched well below the surface.
If they left in late spring, they certainly experienced the heat of summer in parched landscapes with little water.
In the forested mountains of Kabylie, parched underbrush makes for easy tinder and renders the area vulnerable to fire.
I wrestled with the bushes for hours — barehanded, parched and having to go to the bathroom.
The landscape around Iron Mountain, just south of Merritt, is parched.
Common combinations with parched
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the parched 6×
- and parched 3×
- was parched 3×
- parched and 3×
- parched skin 2×
- his parched 2×
- in parched 2×
- is parched 2×
- parched soil 2×
- of parched 2×