quench
verb (used with object)
to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
has quenched
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present perfectof quench (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Visitors flock to the Birdsville Hotel, which has quenched thirsty travelers since 1884, and the Birdsville Bakery, celebrated for its curried camel pies, with meat from feral camels that roam the desert.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016
"The enemy has quenched his fires and a continual noise is heard from his camp," said he.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
The animosities that it has kindled have been hotter than those it has quenched.
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes
Subtly it creeps over us all, the stealthy intangible vapour, unfelt till it has quenched the lamp which alone lights the darkness of the mine, and clogged to suffocation the labouring lungs.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren
When the crowd has quenched its hunger and thirst, a new problem presents itself: how to transport all this mass to the town and give them shelter.
From The Shield by Avrahm Yarmolinsky
