Sentence examples for parched countries from inspiring English sources
Parched countries like Israel have mastered a number of neat tricks—such as using a continuous drip of salt or waste water to make crops grow better.
In a parched country, water bottle factories are being bombed.
The project will also capture steam for use as water in the parched country.Kenya is Africa's geothermal pioneer.
In William Faulkner's fiction, the "ardent and unheeding sun" pours down mercilessly on parched country roads and backwoods hollows.
BATAMDA, Egypt — One place to begin to understand why this parched country has nearly ruptured relations with its upstream neighbors on the Nile is ankle-deep in mud in the cotton and maize fields of Mohammed Abdallah Sharkawi.
Those songs hint at this band's fixation on a parched country sound, echoed in its choice for the B-side of a recent seven-inch single: a cover of Chris Isaak's mope-abilly ballad "Wicked Game" that makes the original sound like it was brimming with hope.
"We're seeing all across the country dried-up, parched land," said Senate Agriculture Committee chairwoman Debbie Stabenow.
grumbles instead of raging, but the tune is lovely; Undine is a convincing stab at parched alt-country; Once deals in a pretty exquisite brand of melancholy.
By Bob Coen GAZOURA, Niger, 3 August 2010 – Much-needed rains have begun falling across this parched West African country, breaking one of the most devastating droughts in memory.
UNICEF and partners respond as food crisis in Niger reaches a critical level GAZOURA, Niger, 3 August 2010 – Much-needed rains have begun falling across this parched West African country, breaking one of the most devastating droughts in memory.
The examples of these affronts are numerous and include the earthquake in Haiti that destroyed its capital city; flooding in Pakistan that submerged one-fifth of the country; parched earth and hunger across the Sahel; and displacement and violence in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia.
