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Discover LudwigThe phrase "been thirsty" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a past feeling of extreme thirst. For example, "I had been thirsty for hours before I was able to find some water."
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"Knute has just been thirsty".
He must have been thirsty at the game.
"Democrats have been thirsty for such a long time," he said.
I had had a lingering cold, recently flew across the country and have been thirsty since entering my late 20s, so yes, yes I think I have been.
Jake Shears – who as the Scissor Sisters' frontman has helped keep disco alive this past decade – acknowledges the near-shock value of all this live performing in the dance realm: "It sounds incredible, like a giant fresh glass of water that so many people have been thirsty for for so long," he says.
Or they've been thirsty.
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We were thirsty.
I was thirsty.
NEGOTIATING is thirsty work.
Daniel was thirsty.
He was thirsty.
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