quenching

present participle of quench

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quenching Traditional methods rely on heating metals to extreme temperatures, then rapidly quenching them to trap atoms in a chaotic arrangement. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025 Activating your ninth house of expansion and third house of immediate surroundings, this tricky opposition is quenching your desire for adventure while pulling you back into shady debates and undercurrents with people that surround you. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025 While there are plenty of quenching hair oils and split-end-smoothing leave-ins out there, nothing has made more of a difference to my puffy lengths than Color Wow’s Dreaming Advanced Repair and Resurfacing Treatment, $45. Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quenching
Verb
  • As Mathias Jensen’s 95th-minute strike clattered into the net, at once extinguishing Manchester United’s stuttering attempt to come back from two early goals down at Brentford on Saturday lunchtime, a lot of attention turned to the away dugout.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • After extinguishing the fire, officials found Robert Hill, 44, deceased with severe burns, apparent head trauma, and signs of decomposition, according to Melesa Johnson with the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In 20 colors, there will be any number of hues that fit the bride’s requirements, while satisfying your own taste too.
    Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That passion — that enduring sense of purpose — is reflected across the course of a small but satisfying movie about people who are either desperate for something to live for, or living only for their desperation.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Quenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quenching. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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