quenched

Example Sentences

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I sipped on this drink during a midday walk and it kept me cool, quenched and satisfied.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025

They quenched their thirst by drinking contaminated water from a nearby well.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

Electrons in metals tend to show only one behavior at zero temperature, when all kinetic energy is quenched.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

At this point near Gennadi village, its climate change-fueled fury was only quenched by the sea.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

His staff, black yew-wood, all radiance quenched, was grasped in his right hand, and he would not let go of it.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin