unquenchable thirst. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The information age equivalent of gold, the article asserts, is silicon -- and it calls the unquenchable search for success in the information age "siliconitis.". From Wordnik.com. [Enterprise Resilience Management Blog] Reference
The Greek word ασβεστος, meaning "unquenchable", survives as the term asbestos, a mineral once prized as a flame-retardant. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
But the zeal of Radisson and Groseilliers was unquenchable. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
But down to the last half-gallon, our thirst was unquenchable. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
But his father was a man of strong seed and unquenchable vigour. From Wordnik.com. [The man-faced boy] Reference
The flames met the falling rain as though they were unquenchable. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
At 55 I was beginning to have blurred vision and unquenchable thirst. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
But what appealed to his coach above all was his "unquenchable desire.". From Wordnik.com. [Marion Takes To The Air] Reference
Once, when I told her I have unquenchable thirst, she laughed without humor. From Wordnik.com. [FLY] Reference
And behind that lay the bitter, unquenchable resentment that, pretend as he would. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
The first was the unquenchable desire to find a water-way through our continent to China. From Wordnik.com. [French Pathfinders in North America] Reference
That is not oblique reference to some conspiracy driven by the unquenchable thirst for oil. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: Ode to a Dying God] Reference
And she said this morning with unquenchable urbanity, "I will learn you how to do shadow work.". From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
"Not for campers," insisted the unquenchable Nat, "It might be for ministers, but not for campers.". From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
Golfers have a seemingly unquenchable desire to spend hundreds of dollars in pursuit of a score like that. From Wordnik.com. [High-Tech Tools To Improve Your Golf Game] Reference
We so often forget that there is in every man an insatiable hunger and an unquenchable thirst that none but. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Biblical Characters] Reference
Ye gods! into the breasts of what jack-a-dandies and parasites has descended the unquenchable fire of Jove!. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
We all suffered an unquenchable thirst upon which gallons of tea when available made little or no impression. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
A pursuit so ardent, so passionate, so risk-filled, so unquenchable reflects the workings of a basic instinct. From Wordnik.com. [Eyes Of The Beholders] Reference
Water running in an unquenchable stream from the faucet, and the world soughing through its spilling commentary. From Wordnik.com. [FLY] Reference
Then along came Ronald Reagan with his sunny disposition and his unquenchable faith in America and its new-morning resurrection. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Last Miracle?] Reference
He had enormous generosity of spirit, an unparalleled sense of fun and unquenchable delight in the varieties of human experience. From Wordnik.com. [A Great Man In A Grim Time] Reference
Mr. AZERRAD: And I think that's a big reason why, is the band's eternal and unquenchable curiosity about music and art in general. From Wordnik.com. [Sonic Youth: A 25-Year Experiment in Artful Noise] Reference
His imagination was boundless, his dynamism unquenchable, his touch impeccable, his every movement seething with dangerous intent. From Wordnik.com. [Wayne Rooney: A new haircut and a restored sense of purpose] Reference
But he also has an unquenchable thirst for power, singlehanded control and a burning ambition to be emperor of all things Reliance. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
The forest was atune from daybreak to midnight with winged denizens, for insect and bird life seemed unquenchable in the Big Woods. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
They were as vicious as unquenchable fire, certainly, and numerous, but small, and largely under the patronage of the king of the proscribed. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
Nevertheless it offers a wonderful scope for the unquenchable enthusiasm that always accompanies the application of youthful endeavor, and it is. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery] Reference
I worked, that the Lord of the harvest would winnow my tumultuous thoughts, garnering the wheat unto Himself and burning the tares with unquenchable fire. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
Wouldn't it be better for him to remain and watch over these wayward ones, showing them that he knew the weakness of human nature and the unquenchable ardor of youth?. From Wordnik.com. ['Our Guy' or, The elder brother] Reference
And to the gentle persuasions of the nuns he said he must be gone, 'for he must stay a wrong that, if suffered, would sink the kingdom in unquenchable shame and ruin.'. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
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