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3 total sentences available.
It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. In its service new mercenaries sought to regiment the people, their labor, and their property.
Source: tatoeba (5287351)
At that time, we were still young, thirsting for adventure, and our desire for action knew no bounds.
Source: tatoeba (6317562)
[…] any present thirstings for God, or ardent outgoings of their souls after divine objects […]
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include anhydrous, appetite, arid, aspiration, avid.
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