slaking

Example Sentences

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Trainees practiced slaking lime, sieving, mixing and preparing mortar while working on the gate.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2023

When it comes to slaking Southern California’s colossal thirst for water, more and more local governments are searching their own sewer lines for a solution.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2022

I drank deep at the Rick Perry well, slaking my thirst for a frontrunner as if I was some conquistador who’d stumbled upon a magic fountain.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2011

But Parton is a master of deflecting one-liners, slaking people's curiosity by leaving them laughing.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2011

Burning and slaking afforded the only known method of reducing stone for use in sour soils.

From Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva