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Definition of the day : « quelled »

  • verb defeat, suppress
  • verb alleviate, calm
Example sentences :
  • Lunatics, she knew, could be quelled by the calm gaze of the sane human eye.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • It was at once quelled, however, by the prompt action of President Jackson.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • But Aunt Annie quelled the impulsive creature with a glance full of meaning.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • The advance guard had suffered, but their fire had quelled that of the enemy.
  • Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
  • A rising in the south of Russia was quelled by a single regiment.
  • Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson
  • Meanwhile, the outbreak had been quelled, or very nearly so.
  • Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert
  • But though for the moment he quelled her eye, nothing could quell her voice.
  • Extract from : « The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson » by Anthony Trollope
  • The Syrian revolt was quelled, and Urfa surrendered to the sultan.
  • Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol XI » by George Brodrick
  • She was quiet now, as though the light had quelled her resistance.
  • Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • With the heroic assistance of my wife, I quelled the revolt.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 » by Various