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Discover LudwigThe phrase "am thirsty" is not correct in standard written English as it lacks a subject.
You can use it in informal spoken contexts, but it should be part of a complete sentence.
Example: "I am thirsty and need a drink."
Alternatives: "I'm parched" or "I need something to drink."
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When I am thirsty, I can't walk, I can't do anything.
I am thirsty and this is, after all, the shortest line.
As an Afghan woman I am thirsty for education – during the Taliban regime of 1996-2001 weren'teren't allowed to study.
I trifle with it if I'm not in a hurry and drink it when I am, otherwise I never touch the stuff unless I am thirsty".
Tommy Wilhelm in Seize The Day laments that just to ask for a glass of water in a place like New York, just to cry out something as simple as "I am thirsty," you have to go all the way back to Newton, and then refer to Freud, to Nietzsche, to Hitler, to Lenin etc.
"I am thirsty," he answers.
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We were thirsty.
I was thirsty.
NEGOTIATING is thirsty work.
Daniel was thirsty.
He was thirsty.
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