slake

Example Sentences

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The bricks were then slathered with slaked lime.

From New York Times

A Long Island pioneer winery brings us a top-notch crisp and juicy rosé to slake our thirst and cut through the summer’s heat.

From Washington Post

Forty-five years later, with government conscripting much of society’s resources, and redistributing them to please clamorous factions and to slake a middle-class nation’s appetite for entitlements, Bell’s thesis looks prescient.

From Washington Post

It flexes the muscles, slakes the thirst for vindication.

From New York Times

Vargas could have also slaked his thirst with Miller Lite in 16 or 24-ounce cans, but that too was out of the question.

From Washington Times