The patient's mouth is parched from fever.
The sun today could parch cement.
We're parched Hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?.
We used grandma's skillet to parch corn.
The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.
I began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty-four hours; and worse than that, there was a parching thirst and dryness in my throat, and nothing with which to quench it.