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Meanings of unquenchable in English

Impossible to quench.

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Usage of unquenchable in English
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The spirit of the conquering race, unquenchable, irresistible, weighed down the balance.
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories
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The change now is that dissent has become open, pervasive and unquenchable.
The Guardian
3
Get some clear, resolute, unquenchable coals aglow in the heart of it.
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
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But the unquenchable gayety of the youthful West could not be extinguished.
A Texas Ranger
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But his spirit was as unquenchable as the fire of the sun.
The Day of the Beast
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But this time, optimism and Saatchi's unquenchable enthusiasm might not be enough.
The Guardian
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On the very next Afternoon the unquenchable demand for Sport asserted itself.
Knocking the Neighbors
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Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.
Wild Justice
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He dropped weeping and bleeding on his face, writhing in unquenchable anguish.
The Mantooth
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It was the result of a long necessity, of an unquenchable desire.
Embarrassments
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An unquenchable thirst that I had never summoned struck into my brain.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 / A Mag...
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In vain, however, is the trial to quench-what ,afterall, is unquenchable.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5
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Taylor is driven, instead, by his unquenchable hunger for more world championships.
The Guardian
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Your unquenchable thirst will take you to hell before your time, François.
An Enemy to the King / From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of t...
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His labors were gigantic; his sincerity unimpeached; his piety enlightened; his zeal unquenchable.
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleo...
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What also helps is a seemingly unquenchable thirst for good coffee.
The Irish Times
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