Example Sentences

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Not even a pandemic has slaked the imperative to drive workers harder.

From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2020

Though I’ll probably get sick later, for the present moment it has slaked my thirst.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2016

By the time that the schoolmaster's donkey has slaked her thirst and the neighbors have taken their provision for the day, the basin is dry.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

When the lime has slaked sufficiently, add water to bring it to a thick milk, or to a certain number of gallons.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

But since then, and even since 1845, the date of the last volume, the thirst for antiquarian research has slaked itself at newly discovered sources.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various