quenched
Example Sentences
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I sipped on this drink during a midday walk and it kept me cool, quenched and satisfied.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025
At this point near Gennadi village, its climate change-fueled fury was only quenched by the sea.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Where temperatures never breached freezing, where less than half of sea-level oxygen quenched lungs, where gale-force winds scoured the hardscrabble rocks littering the peaks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023
“We’ve fought fire with fire, never thinking that fire is sometimes best quenched with water. This approach failed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
Then, when his thirst was quenched, he swam about in the remaining water, washing all the dust and dirt out of his fur.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
