slake
verb (used with object)
to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
unslakable
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a word derived from
slake.
Example Sentences
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With so many stuck at home doom-scrolling, there was unslakable need for his brand of musical comedy relief.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
One: He loved a woman, with a great, unslakable ardency, named Fanny Brawne.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2019
Scientists see in our love for other animals, and our unslakable curiosity about animal lives, sensations, feelings and drives, keys to the most essential aspects of our humanity.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2011
For the Barmy Army, a phenomenon that first surfaced at the corresponding Sydney Test in 1995, the unslakable thirst for victory in Australia was at least partially slaked in Sydney's bars and pubs.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2011
Now even I, a fond woman, Frail and of small understanding, 20 Yet with unslakable yearning Greatly desiring wisdom, Come to the threshold of reason And the bright portals.
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics by Bliss Carman
