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unquenched

American  
[uhn-kwencht] / ʌnˈkwɛntʃt /

adjective

  1. not having been quenched; not extinguished, satisfied, or suppressed.


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“Saltburn,” writer-director Emerald Fennell’s second feature, is about a lot of things: class, desire unquenched, obsession and a summer vacation at a sprawling upper-crust estate where things are certain to fall apart.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2023

U.S. carriers including Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are betting big on American consumers' unquenched thirst for travel across the Atlantic by adding more flights to Europe.

From Reuters Oct. 24, 2022

Brimming with unquenched optimism, "Humankind" stands with Coldplay's finest anthems — songs like "A Sky Full of Stars" and "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall."

From Salon Oct. 22, 2021

He suspects that the appetite for Venus science would have been unquenched, no matter what happened with NASA’s latest Discovery competition.

From Scientific American Aug. 17, 2021

The fire of madness, unquenched by every misery, lit up his dark eye, and even on his compressed lip there was a curl of pride.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

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