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"Quell" in a Sentence (31 examples)
What passion cannot music raise and quell?
The authorities sent in troops to quell the riot.
What passions cannot music raise or quell?
How do I quell my righteous indignation?
"Back o'er the deep," cries Calchas; "nevermore / shall Argives hope to quell the Trojan might, / till, homeward borne, new omens ye implore, / and win the blessing back, which o'er the waves ye bore."
He ought to go to anger management classes to quell his explosive anger.
In an effort to quell the spread of the coronavirus, most American universities and colleges have shifted to online learning. But for many international students who have returned to their home countries, that means going to class in the middle of the night.
Top health officials have been trying to quell these fears.
The military was brought in to help the governor quell the uprising.
The government is taking steps to quell voter unrest over surging inflation.
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The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority.
Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt.
to quell grief
to quell the tumult of the soul
However, after quelling Burnley's threat, Southampton failed to build on their growing danger culminating in Tadic's missed penalty.
Like barbarous miſcreants, they quelled Virgins vnto death, […]
Well prov'd in that same day, when Jove those gyants quelled.
Winter's wrath begins to quell.
Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell.
The quell of the rebellion raised Justinian to the acme of power.
Hu had been supportive of Chiang's role throughout the northern expedition and the quell of southern rebellion.
The consequences have not been significant in terms of the quell of any of the three drugs into the United States.
Each Martial Law was marked by the quell of civil liberties or human rights.
But to make things even worse, this is the year of the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games, and that means it's also a Quarter Quell. They occur every twenty-five years, marking the anniversary of the districts' defeat with over-the-top celebrations and, for extra fun, some miserable twist for the tributes.
An example can be found in the data about the campaigns of Aššur-bān-apli against Arab tribes after the quell of the revolt of Šamaš-šumukīn.
And when they had eaten, and sat resting in a grotto, he was still singing, and she was the goddess of his Muse, — the quell of living waters out of which he drew fresh strength for new lays.
Other excruciations replaced her namesake's loquacious quells so completely that when, during a lucid interval, she happened to open with her weak little hand a lavabo cock for a drink of water, the tepid lymph replied in its own lingo […]
The strategists had access to a wide array of private polling and information from focus groups; a quell of information stretching back over his years as a state-wide candidate and office holder.
A quell of strength over took Robin with each of his words. She was about to fall apart, but Jacob was as brave as a warrior going into battle.
For a moment their eyes locked, and she felt a quell of anger rise above her apprehension. Reality struck with appalling clarity, yet she could only lie down, partially drugged and untidy as she was from such rough traveling.
I read on. It will cost two hundred and fifty quid. I felt a quell of alarm, that's quite expensive.
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