quench

Example Sentences

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The sun was blistering and there didn’t seem to be enough water in the world to quench my thirst.

From Literature

I should have asked more questions, but an overwhelming sense of contentment seemed to have extinguished them, like a cool drink quenching thirst.

From Literature

They guzzled the drinks down, quenching their ragged throats.

From Literature

But Murree, founded in 1860 to quench the thirst of British soldiers and the colonial community during the Raj, has survived Islamist opposition and strict regulations to become one of Pakistan's most well-known companies.

From Barron's

The LAFD, she said, didn’t have enough firefighters, based at enough fire stations, to quench the wind-driven flames that were tearing through the hills.

From Los Angeles Times