slake one's thirst

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

With one's thirst safely slaked, the time to savor a good wine is at hand.

Food and company, he wrote, "don't slake man's thirst for being; they whet it beyond all bounds".

Was it a publicity stunt orchestrated to slake the public's thirst for blood?

One option off the table, Mr. Villaraigosa said, is a repeat of the city's troubled history, fictionalized in the movie "Chinatown," of diverting a distant river southward to slake the city's thirst.

Four big brewers compete, alongside international brands, to slake the country's thirst.

Close enough, though, to slake the nostalgist's thirst – a thirst that runs particularly deep among Corvette fans.

Her mother's breast milk was the perfect product to slake the baby's thirst.

But some say slaking China's thirst may be a beneficial sideline to larger aims.

Desalination, which can be effective in specific, local situations, is too expensive and energy-consuming to slake much of the Southwest's thirst.

While fans will have to wait for Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper's January 13th release, they can slake their Panda Bear thirst on the Mr.

Even better, the ground's thirst was slaked without too much flood damage.