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

But Parton is a master of deflecting one-liners, slaking people's curiosity by leaving them laughing.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2011

His thirst for distinction had returned in an aggravated form, and he had cut himself off now from the only means of slaking it.

From The Giant's Robe by Anstey, F.