slake

Example Sentences

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EnoTrans focused on “overcustomization” by Sound Transit to slake community demands, and the average five-year planning phase.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

For what would have been the price of a ticket to the movies, customers also got bottomless soda refills to help slake what many expected would be a vengeful thirst from eating all that popcorn.

From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2022

That left me to slake my pie lust whenever one turned up at church potlucks or extended family gatherings.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2022

It looked on as L.A.’s captains of industry created the aqueduct that stole water from the Owens Valley to slake the thirst of a growing region that didn’t have enough local water to be self-sustaining.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2022

Without the sun there would be no waters formed to slake the dark earth's thirst.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya