One good word quenches more heat than a bucket of water.
When everything has been refused him by his fellows his obscure bed gives him sleep and his jug quenches his thirst.
The odor of nocturnal lilacs mingled with that which came from the heart of dark roses whence the hot white sun quenches its thirst.
It quenches thirst, closes the mouth of the stomach, thereby staying vomiting, and belching, it strengthens stomachs weakened by heat, and procures appetite.
The said water applied warm, takes away all spots, marks, and scabs in the skin; and a little of it drank, quenches thirst when it is extreme.
Purslain water cools the blood and liver, quenches thirst, helps such as spit blood, have hot coughs, or pestilences.
It helps digestion, quenches thirst, increases milk in nurses, eases griping pains in the stomach or bowels, that come of choler.
We are not told anything of the emotions of the king, as the prophet strides into his presence, and before the cowering court, silently raises his hand and quenches the day.
That alone which quenches the fire of God's wrath is the blood of Christ.
Seeing then the blood of Christ onlyquenches the wrath of God, and this blood is the foundation of our covenant, how shall the wrath of God (except they repent, return and renew their covenant) be quenched towards such violators of it?
From this it seems to follow that, on the contrary, what arouses cupidity quenches charity.
Inquisitiveness as seldom cures jealousy as drinking in a fever quenchesthe thirst.
So a man sometimes covers up the entire disc of eternity with a dollar, and quenchestranscendent glories with a little shining dust.
A barley cake suffices him no longer: he wants wheaten bread with milk and honey; he washes his feet in beer and quenches his thirst with wine from foreign countries.
Sooner would I believe that water burns and air quenches than that Ramses would commit blasphemy.
Sidenote: Patience is often displeasing, but it assuages heavy hearts, and quenches malice.
And yet she is not alone: love quenches her thirst with the most delicious fruits.
Drink; it is the grandest cup which quenches the thirst of humanity.
The world of that time had seen many persons die as calmly as a funeral pile quenches when the fuel in it is consumed.
How couldst thou quench a candle, unless as an old man quenchesit in church?
A yellow solution of picric acid also allows the green to pass, but quenches all the more refrangible light.
With a solution of permanganate of potash, which, while it quenches the centre of the spectrum, permits its ends to pass more freely than the violet glass, excellent effects are also obtained.
Pass a black ribbon through the colours of the spectrum; it quenches all of them.
And truth quenches our thirst for knowledge, as water quenches the thirst of our lips.
The apple quenches at the same time the thirst, and thus supplies also the place of drink.
Cold therefore at once extinguishes orquenches the thirst; but produces hunger, which again is mitigated by heat.
I need the sympathy of human faces, To beat away this deep contempt for all things, Which quenches my revenge.
I need the sympathy of human faces To beat away this deep contempt for all things Which quenches my revenge.
Labourers say it quenchesthirst better than the other waters; as to my tast, it seemed to have aliquantulum aciditatis; and perhaps is vitriolate.
Sooner would I believe that water burns and air quenches than that Rameses would commit blasphemy.
As when the ebbing flames are low, The aid which once improved their light, And bade them burn with fiercer glow, Now quenches all their blaze in night.
The sun when it rises quenches the brightest stars that can but fade in his light and die.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quenches" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
