Example sentences for: slake

How can you use “slake” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Tight rope means `take in any slack rope,' while slake [`slack'] means `let out a little more rope.

  • Those longing, in this suddenly post-Lewinsky era, for more real-life melodrama to watch on television have good news: This third week of sweeps brings plenty of docudramas (one starring Lauren Bacall) and jazzed-up documentaries to slake our thirst for TV-enhanced reality.

  • A combination of engineering genius and shady business deals brought water hundreds of miles across mountains and desert to slake the city’s thirst and nurture its lush gardens and palm trees.


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