quench

Example Sentences

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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

Consumer tastes have changed dramatically since Coke’s heyday, and Vita Coco has responded with a product mix that should quench investors’ thirst for growth and reasonable value.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 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

It was like drinking glass after glass of water and still emerging thirsty, and with the stirring fear that he would never quench the thirst.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie