Example Sentences

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One would have thought that the reputation which he gained for bravery and intrepidity as a commander, would have slaked his thirst for fame.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie

First Ilustrado: Son of Arion, from Castalia's fount Where melody divine doth bubble forth, Thou must thy thirst have slaked with copious drafts For gods alone inspire such sounds divine.

From 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts by Spokeshave (AKA Old Fogy)

The horses drank, but I would have had to be far gone from thirst before I would have slaked mine there.

From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane

Not all the water in all the cool streams of the earth would have slaked the thirst of his wound.

From Love Stories by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Not a word, Don Pedro, not a word, until you and your friends have slaked your thirst with draughts of our native wine.

From Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa by Ober, Frederick Albion