How to Use parch in a Sentence

parch

verb
  • The hot desert sun had parched the land.
  • That change in weather can leave lips parched and prone to cracking.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Feeling parched after all this talk?
    — Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Plus, my face was extremely parched.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Direct sun can parch and even burn plants sitting on a window sill.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The Southwest is parched and getting worse.
    — Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The water-rich vegetable will go bad much more quickly if it gets parched.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2024
  • If that deficit is cranked up for a long time, soils and vegetation will parch.
    — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2020
  • At the same time, an uptick of hotter, drier years are set to parch the system.
    — Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, 17 Sep. 2019
  • While my nose and forehead were as slippery as ever, the rest of my skin was parched.
    — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 24 Jan. 2024
  • All that parched brush worked like kindling and soon the endless pines began to be set ablaze.
    — Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2023
  • It’s also raised fears that parched landscapes could stoke wildfires.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The result is hair that feels soft rather than stiff; piece-y and matte, but never parched.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 June 2026
  • This was in the days before bottled water, and by the time we were picked up, we were parched.
    — Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The scene is bathed in pale moonlight, which sticks out in a movie that so often leaves your eyes parched for light.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Earley likes that this powder doesn't further parch her already dry skin.
    — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In winter, my lips are at their most parched, and just one swipe instantly softens them.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The blend draws water to parched skin, soothes redness and boosts collagen.
    — Margaret Buranen, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
  • When droughts parch the land, or mudslides take entire farms and crash them into ravines, or floods drown the crops?
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Then, a bone-dry second half of the year and sparse early winter snow left the landscape parched.
    — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But the region’s dams are aging and drought-parched, and its coal plants are slated to retire.
    — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Their bodies were bent under the weight of their belongings and their lips were cracked and parched from thirst.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Dry air, parched soils and the return of gusty winds will increase the risk of wildfire spread in these areas.
    — Robert Shackelford, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
  • If your skin is feeling parched and tight, a few simple steps can help bring back some of your pregnancy glow.
    — Alex Vance, Parents, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The heat not only parched vegetation but sapped the moisture from the air in many places.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • This lack of precipitation has left the landscape parched and ready to burn.
    — Phil De Luna, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The swamp was parched by drought when a lightning strike April 6 sparked a rapidly growing fire.
    — Washington Post, 12 June 2017
  • The sun sizzles from the sky, parching the Chihuahuan Desert.
    — Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But large stretches of the riverbed usually sit parched beside the farmlands.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • After a summer of sun, sand, and that long-haul flight to Tokyo, your skin probably feels parched.
    — Margaux Anbouba, ELLE, 7 Aug. 2023

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