How to Use quell in a Sentence

quell

verb

• While rain could help quell the fires, the storm raised new risks.
  — Julie Watson and John Antczak, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022
• Yet, the threat to us from these regions has not been quelled.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 10 Aug. 2019
• The city and state also went through pains to quell any unrest.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2020
• The unrest has been quelled and the town centre bulldozed.
  — The Economist, 23 June 2018
• But thanks to the courage of law enforcement, the riot was quelled.
  — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2023
• Windows and curtains should be closed to quell the noise of the fireworks.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2023
• Those impulses had to be quelled in order to play the part.
  — Kenneth Partridge, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2018
• The gesture is used later in the season to quell a squabble.
  — Emily Heil, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
• The release was meant to quell some of those fears and muster support for Haspel.
  — Kaitlan Collins, CNN, 2 May 2018
• But that may not be enough to quell skepticism about the product.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 16 July 2019
• Riot police moved in and the protests were swiftly quelled.
  — Dake Kang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
• Plus, the weight of this pen is just enough to quell hand tremors by allowing the pen to do all the work for you.
  — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 21 July 2023
• But sometimes not even these types of tactics are enough to quell racial bias.
  — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 25 June 2017
• Most brunches want to quell the party; the Park wants to ramp it up.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• But after enforcers tried to quell the protests, thousands took to the streets.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2018
• But there are still good reasons to try to quell the itch-scratch cycle.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 30 Aug. 2022
• There was a touch of cloak and dagger about the affair, which did little to quell the nerves.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 16 Apr. 2018
• Facebook has been in an uproar over the past few weeks, which the meetings were held to quell.
  — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• In their eyes, the video was more likely to cause violence than quell it.
  — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 8 Jan. 2021
• Jo learns to quell her ferocious temper and to sand down her rough edges.
  — Charlotte Allen, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
• Justinian stayed and ordered the army to quell the riot.
  — David M. Perry, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2021
• But the cold front should lower the temperature and quell any storms, right?
  — Zachary Hansen, ajc, 12 July 2018
• Drake, for his part, is not doing much to quell the rumors.
  — Cady Lang, Time, 30 Aug. 2021
• There’s a passion in our souls, as men and women, that no award in the world can quell.
  — Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2017
• Sleep bruxism, on the other hand, can be harder to quell.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 13 Jan. 2018
• The five-month siege was quelled but martial law has been extended.
  — Jim Gomez, Fox News, 11 May 2018
• Marines fired tear gas to try to quell the mob and closed down the gates in seemingly random patterns.
  — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2021
• To quell any frustration, be sure to keep some other catchable toys in the mix.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2022
• At least five people were killed in the state when police fired to quell the demonstrations.
  — Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2019
• The key here was quelling a Duncanville team just as deep and just as talented.
  — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 21 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024