Sentence examples similar to somewhat parched from inspiring English sources
They even spoke of selling water to the parched Arab world.Turkey's tone has now softened somewhat, from outright belligerence to studied imprecision.
Beijing, despite several years of drought eased somewhat in 2008 by a new water channel from the neighbouring, and no less parched, province of Hebei had not increased residential prices since 2004 (see chart).Beijing's government says 80% of the city's households use less than ten cubic metres of water a month.
Corn harvests are somewhat better, but also down sharply.In this section Shattering the façade Ms Fang's parched patch ReprintsIn the past year alone, say officials, levels in nine lakes on the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau have dropped by 70cm, marking a total loss of 300m cubic metres of water.
Others are positively parched.
Parched oil-field roughnecks?
The lawns were parched and littered.
The soldiers were living on parched corn.
Lives and prospects are parched.
