SLAKE in a Sentence

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For SLAKE, below is one of 7 sentences:
Going round a hole where the workmen were slaking lime, he stood still with the architect and began talking rather warmly.

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 Meanings and Examples of SLAKE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
slake
 v.  make less active or intense; satisfy thirst
Classic Sentence:
1  He felt that he must slake the thirst in his throat.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
2  The cart was returning empty to Paris, and the two lackeys had agreed, for their transport, to slake the wagoner's thirst along the route.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 28 THE RETURN
3  Here four of Sulmo's children, as many more of Ufens' nurture, are taken by him alive to slaughter in sacrifice to the shade below, and slake the flames of the pyre with captive blood.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TENTH
4  I slaked my thirst at the brook, and then lying down, was overcome by sleep.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
5  Going round a hole where the workmen were slaking lime, he stood still with the architect and began talking rather warmly.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 20
6  By and by he found a comfortable spot, and there he devoured his meal, slaking his thirst at the stream.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
Example Sentence:
1  When we reached the oasis, we were able to slake our thirst.