1 As he stood there, trying to quench his fiery face with his drink of water, the comparison between the orator and the crowd of attentive faces turned towards him, was extremely to his disadvantage.
2 The Grand Master was a man advanced in age, as was testified by his long grey beard, and the shaggy grey eyebrows overhanging eyes, of which, however, years had been unable to quench the fire.
3 Jo couldn't even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a somewhat agitated life.
4 She was conscious herself that her delight sparkled in her eyes and curved her lips into a smile, and she could not quench the expression of this delight.
5 He started up nervously from the stone-block for he could no longer quench the flame in his blood.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 4 6 One thing, however, rather quenched the vanities.
7 began Amy, gesticulating with unseemly energy, but she got no further, for Jo quenched her by slamming down the window.
8 After many skirmishes and snubbings, the ambitious pair were considered effectually quenched and went about with forlorn faces, which were rather belied by explosions of laughter when the two got together.
9 Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor.
10 "To hear is to obey, but March is fairer far than May," said little Parker, making a frantic effort to be both witty and tender, and getting promptly quenched by Laurie, who said.
11 But the novel disaster quenched her courage for a time, for public opinion is a giant which has frightened stouter-hearted Jacks on bigger beanstalks than hers.
12 The whole consciousness of my life lorn, my love lost, my hope quenched, my faith death-struck, swayed full and mighty above me in one sullen mass.
13 The indices appearing and disappearing were eyes opening and closing; the eyes opening and closing were stars being born and being quenched.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 3 14 They were quenched: and the cold darkness filled chaos.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 3 15 For the years, he felt, had not quenched his soul or hers.