quench
Example Sentences
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"It's mainly to quench our thirst, and we have to give our animals water too," Andras, a student, told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
The LAFD, she said, didn’t have enough firefighters, based at enough fire stations, to quench the wind-driven flames that were tearing through the hills.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
On the other hand, they wrote, allowing potentially defective drugs to be widely used is akin to "drinking poison to quench thirst".
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025
Through fingerlike projections that descend upon the uterine wall, it attempts to quench the embryo’s appetite for maternal blood.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024
Even fear could not quench the rage his words provoked in me.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing quench
Where the Red Fern Grows
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40 SAT words Beginning with "Q"
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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