Example Sentences

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It manufactures neodymium magnets by pouring liquid alloy onto a rotating, cooled disk, then rapidly quenching and pulverizing it to freeze the delicate crystalline structure at a microscopic scale before it can grow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The primary solution to resolve this crisis would’ve been to pump a neutralizing agent into the problem tank, quenching it and making it no longer explosive.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

They are used to quenching their thirst with snow, but with little or no snowfall, they can easily get dehydrated.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

But there was a problem: No amount of dam building seemed capable of quenching the West’s thirst for water.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2024

When Tehlu struck the fourth, there was the sound of quenching iron and the smell of burning leather.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss