Example Sentences

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Broken is the arm of war; Quenched in night is Midian's star!

From Enthusiasm and Other Poems by Moodie, Susanna

Quenched then his foul desires;    In his mortal pain and fear, How feeble grew his fires,    How stayed his fell career!

From War Poetry of the South by Various

Quenched in some places, the flame burned up brightly and beautifully in others.

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William

Quenched is the last torch, quenched all thought, all memory.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Quenched is the golden statue's ray, The breath of heaven has blown away    What toiling earth had piled, Scattering wise heart and crafty hand, As breezes strew on ocean's sand    The fabrics of a child.

From The Christian Year by Keble, John