His thirst quenched he was able to continue. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Coverslips were rinsed in PBS and free aldehyde groups were "quenched" using two consecutive 5 min incubations in 1 mg/ml NaBH. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Whereat we quenched our thirst, and bathed our feet. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Verse] Reference
"Fire itself can be quenched by water," replied Abraham. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
The River rushed out and quenched the fire and cooled the oven. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
Nothing else could have so effectually quenched Claire's wrath. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
NIGHT: Having quenched your first thirst, I bid you, speak of Virtue. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
Now my thirst is quenched, but my hunger is even greater than that was. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
After we had quenched our thirst he said he would like to see me a minute. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
We refuse to think of that divine spark being quenched in everlasting night. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Madame de Montgeron bent her head; her jesting vein was quenched in a moment. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Passion flows like torrents from your pen, where they are quenched from my own. From Wordnik.com. [Letter to Neruda] Reference
Robert, quite right, if the hopes that are the wellspring of it are not quenched. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
The fire in his body, the scalding heat that had been quenched by the cold water. From Wordnik.com. [But, I Don't Think] Reference
A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Her chilling philosophy would soon have quenched a less happy and impulsive nature. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Judith had quenched the first feeble flame of intelligence that flickered up toward her. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
But opportunity is marred, not made, and inspiration quenched, not kindled, by coercion. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
Jim's renewed effort of "I say, Alf!" was quenched by the upraised hands of both engineers. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
The girls, their laughter quenched, gazed at each other for a few seconds with stupefaction. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference
A fine spring was found, and here they washed up and quenched their thirst before resuming the journey. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
The lava floods filled up the valleys, quenched rivers, and spread destruction over the adjacent country. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
He answered now, 'Thou threatenest that fire which burneth for a season and after a little while is quenched. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
The dead tree had fallen and was just a glowing pile of coals, fast being quenched by the gently falling rain. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
His boyishness was quenched for a moment, but it revived at the sight of Peter riding up to the gates of the park. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: both come out of the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Pine-apples, bananas, and a pulpy globe resembling the peach in form and flavor, quenched our thirst and satisfied our hunger. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
When he had quenched his thirst, he picked up his suitcase again, resting it on one shoulder, and continued up the lane to the house. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
For the dark eyes, with their light-behind-black-marble splendour, were quenched and dazed and all knowledge seemed stricken from them. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
The tavern is a dangerous place to him, for to drink and be drunk is with him all one, and his brain is sooner quenched than his thirst. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
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