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Definition of the day : « quelling »

  • verb defeat, suppress
  • verb alleviate, calm
Example sentences :
  • With mood-care they mourned their own liege lord's quelling.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • He had all his life been looking for a chance of quelling a riot.
  • Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham
  • Like all the rest I, too, grew ill;My aching heart there was no quelling.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • Like a David before Goliath, he confronted Archie with a quelling eye.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of Life » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • He succeeded in quelling the broil and gave them a long lecture.
  • Extract from : « William Clayton's Journal » by William Clayton
  • Arrechedera was not slow in quelling the disturbances in Balayan.
  • Extract from : « An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) » by Martinez de Zuniga
  • Man had a hundred means of quelling or forgetting a hapless passion.
  • Extract from : « Trevethlan: Volume 1 » by William Davy Watson
  • Here also are the lawyers, impassioned for justice, for the quelling of human strife.
  • Extract from : « The Teacher » by George Herbert Palmer
  • As for quelling any trouble here, there doesnt seem to be any.
  • Extract from : « Two Boys of the Battleship » by Frank V. Webster
  • This was the quelling they brought, a scantness of drink that seized him.
  • Extract from : « The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga » by Various