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The leech was usually allowed to drop off of its own accord when it had satiated itself, which took about an hour.

From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby

Rome and Italy had satiated my curious appetite, and I was now ready to return to the peaceful retreat of my family and books.

From Memoirs of My Life and Writings by Gibbon, Edward

With weariness and disgust I pushed away from me the gold, which but a little time before had satiated my foolish heart: I now in my perplexity knew not how to dispose of it. 

From Peter Schlemihl by Bowring, John

The Dreamer looked at them, one after the other, and all the faces had satiated, blasé expressions which disturbed and disquieted him.

From Ten Tales by Learned, Walter

And ere Frank returned to Germany he had satiated his soul with all the wonders of that wondrous land.

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles