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

Thank you for keeping up with slaking our thirst.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2020

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

We are going to visit a place where masons, sawyers, cobblers, laborers, and other small fry are in the habit of slaking their thirst.

From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von