I needed to slake my thirst after running two miles. From LearnThat.org.
Verb (used with object) : He slaked his lips with ice. ,His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm. From Dictionary.com.
Is shattered and quick-gulping grave slake thirst. From Wordnik.com. [Freedom, Truth and Beauty] Reference
To slake his thirst for blood and plundered wealth. From Wordnik.com. [The American Cyclops, the Hero of New Orleans, and Spoiler of Silver Spoons] Reference
(Driven by those Treasury thirsts which never slake). From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 16, 1891] Reference
Like a tinkling zone, will slake thy loving thirst. From Wordnik.com. [Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works] Reference
A man will look to bedding as a way to slake his needs. From Wordnik.com. [Tutoring Lady Jane]
Of wond'rous living fountains at which to slake her thirst. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon] Reference
Thou, Pallid Tisiphone, slake with wide ruin, thy thirsting. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
To slake her darkest and most secret desires with his fevered touch. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
But even now, hot and weary, he refused adequately to slake his thirst. From Wordnik.com. [Omega, the Man] Reference
Christendom, I will not rest me nor slake my revenge until I come up to. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
And this will slake their thirst after they rise refreshed from sleep. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Not a drop of water was discoverable, where a bird might slake its thirst. From Wordnik.com. [The Bird Study Book] Reference
My heart shall delight and its blood-lust shall slake with their slaughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
There were no trees to give the men shade, or springs to slake their thirst. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle] Reference
The water-barrels were drained, and they tried to slake their thirst with brine. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863] Reference
The waterholes thus created were also used by other animals to slake their thirst. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Until he opened his mouth and let those syrupy Southern syllables slake out, I had no idea. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
Those whose wounds drove them to slake their parching thirst drank water mingled with gore. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
Now, here to slake that thirst for useless knowledge, is the CD-ROM Star Wars: Behind the Magic. From Wordnik.com. [Starry, Starry Knights] Reference
Then add the sulphur and enough more water to slake the paste, keeping it well stirred meanwhile. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Growing] Reference
What weight of water is necessary to slake the lime obtained from 1 ton of pure calcium carbonate?. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
` We've fetched the water at last -- follow my leader now, and we'll be able to slake our thirst! '. From Wordnik.com. [The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace] Reference
There are even floating bars to help slake the thirst of day-tripping tourists from nearby Angkor Wat. From Wordnik.com. [Cambodia's Fortunes Ebb And Flow Along The Mekong] Reference
The saddle-stock had been watered at some fetid alkali holes that had scarce given enough to slake their thirst. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
They had held real water of a kind, but it has been water that was utterly powerless to slake the thirst of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Biblical Characters] Reference
He will "slake thirst at her presence" by pouring it away, by drinking it down with her, as long ago he yearned to do. From Wordnik.com. [Browning's Heroines] Reference
The meaning is that even copious drafts do not slake thirst permanently, for after being slaked, it is sure to return. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
But before I get too effusive: Yes, I agreed that GatorMilk, green and creamy (!), could slake my strongest thirst. From Wordnik.com. [This Time, While We're Awake] Reference
Lime exposed to air is therefore gradually converted into hydroxide and carbonate, and will no longer slake with water. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Even though OPEC ministers vowed last week to boost production, markets no longer believe the group can slake global demand. From Wordnik.com. [ARABIAN MIGHT] Reference
Braddock's soldiers attracted by the name and sign stopped to slake their thirst before continuing their long march to the West. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of Old George Town] Reference
Take three pounds each, of Flowers of Sulphur and Quick-lime, put these together and add sufficient hot water to slake the lime. From Wordnik.com. [Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden] Reference
The bellowing of the thirst-maddened cattle had not stopped with the twilight that brought no dew to slake their parched throats. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
But when he carried the winnings into the bar, ordering the hotel man to slake the thirsts of the threshers, they were sort of reconciled. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
That man in whose tank kine slake their thirst as also other animals and birds, and human beings, acquires the merits of a horse-sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
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