- present tense form of quench (3rd person singular).
quenches
Example Sentences
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But quenches -- the sudden, destructive events wherein a part of the material loses superconductivity -- are a major barrier to their deployment.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024
Listening to KGAY, he added, quenches “a desire for a sense of connection that was in person, that was live and public.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
There is, legitimately, no item on earth that quenches and refreshes like good ol' water — especially when you've eaten something especially heavy or you've accidentally eaten the equivalent of your body weight in candy.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2023
The river, which cascades from the Rockies down to the deserts of the Southwest, quenches the thirst of 40 million people in the U.S. and Mexico and sustains a $15 billion-a-year agricultural industry.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
We have said that the obscurity of history may have magnified the pretensions of some of its heroes; it is certain that it quite quenches the light of others.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
