All 3 Uses of
parched
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Frankly, we were more interested in the news that heavy rain was falling to the west of us and might soon reach our own parched village.†
Chpt 4 *parched = dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty
- But as we circled to receive our share of providence, the fat flanks of the magnificent beasts we'd stalked on the hill shrank to parched sinew, the gristle of drought-starved carcasses.†
Chpt 4
- In just the few hours since the storm broke, the parched road through our village had become a gushing stream of mud, blood-red, throbbing like an artery.†
Chpt 5