squench

Example Sentences

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"Uncle Issy," asked Jim Lewarne, lurching up, "I durstn' g-glint over my shoulder—but wud 'ee mind tellin' me if th' old woman's lookin' this way—afore I squench my thirst?"

From I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

I split the everlasting rocks with my glance, and I squench the thunder when I speak!

From Life on the Mississippi, Part 1. by Twain, Mark

And you can squench fire so it's just ashes.

From Judith of the Godless Valley by Morrow, Honoré

"I only wanted," replied the trembling Marchioness, "to know where the key of the meat-safe was hid--that was all; and I wouldn't have taken much if I had found it--only enough to squench my hunger."

From Ten Girls from Dickens by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson

Ah, yais, I have him, squench, which can nevaire be squench.”

From Lady Maude's Mania by Fenn, George Manville