Sentence examples for quench the fire from inspiring English sources

When people are burning, their instinct is to quench the fire.

"I felt like a Looney Tunes character trying to quench the fire of a jalapeño with a nice draught of Tabasco.

Candidates tend to play to the base of their party during the primaries, only to quench the fire and brimstone once they have secured the nomination, the better to appeal to swing voters.

Also, dried roots and rootstcoks have been used to eliminate damp-heat and quench the fire of the liver and gall bladder (Annonymous [2010]).

The Fed stepped in and provided a drizzle to quench the fire storm in the form of a discount rate cut of 50 basis points.

Some wounded themselves in order to quench the fire with their blood, and others rushed over to the side of the Romans, convinced that they alone had the saving water; in any case Marcus took pity on them.

With no rain or lower temperatures in sight to quench the fires that have been burning since Memorial Day, state officials said they expected that the situation may worsen before it gets better.

The region experienced light rain but firefighters say this will not be enough to quench the fires.

But those working to contain the radiation leaks and quench the fires face an increased risk of cancer, particularly since the government raised the allowable exposure limit yesterday.

To my surprise, wine -- in this case a steely 1999 Chablis Montmains, Domaine des Marronniers ($21.50 for a half-bottle) -- quenched the fire more effectively than water.

Far better to spend ten years "fetching lattes" than fall victim to a big break: "It's surely a fine emotional art — dousing your hollow hauteur without quenching the fire in your belly altogether — but the kids who master it come out the other side both shit-hot at their professions and bearable as human beings".