slaking

Example Sentences

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Trainees practiced slaking lime, sieving, mixing and preparing mortar while working on the gate.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2023

When it comes to slaking Southern California’s colossal thirst for water, more and more local governments are searching their own sewer lines for a solution.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2022

Depending on the source, you will hear that the Ogallala Aquifer slaking the huge cattle feedlots from Amarillo to Dodge City will be drunk dry in as few as 20 years.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2018

I drank deep at the Rick Perry well, slaking my thirst for a frontrunner as if I was some conquistador who’d stumbled upon a magic fountain.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2011

There is advantage in getting this lime in pulverized form, provided it can be distributed in the soil before moisture from the air induces slaking and consequent bursting of the packages.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva