How to use "parched" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "parched" in popular movie and book plots

  • When Ram decides to divert some water for their parched fields, Vikram Singh kills his father.  - Khoon Aur Paani
  • Here, in a wild parched region of desert, the father dies, and Erema is left solitary.  - Erema
  • The citizens are parched and suffering because the invading Assyrian army has cut off the water sources to the city.  - Judith (oratorio)
  • He also gets some gold and jewelry from there, which he distributes amongst villagers for diverting some water to their parched land.  - Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves (1979 film)
  • The book begins with the land of Vindrassi suffering from a great drought that has left the land parched and game scarce.  - Bones of the Dragon
  • As they get thirstier and thirstier, a parched Diana offers Hugh first the diamonds, then herself, in exchange for some of the water.  - Desert Nights
  • He discovers the body of a man, parched by the intense Australian sun.  - The Bush Undertaker
  • He spits the few drops he could carry between his father's parched lips.  - Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
  • Livestock and crops simply rot and drop to the parched ground.  - The Forest Oracle
  • When the battle is over, however, the rangers find only a few baskets of parched corn with which to replenish their dwindling provisions.  - Northwest Passage (film)

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