Sentence examples for difficult to quell the from inspiring English sources

As the two men fade from power, the alliance is finding it difficult to quell the threat to the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan from a growing array of Taliban and Qaeda cells that are dug into Pakistan's tribal areas, the officials and diplomats said.

The Senator from Vermont has created a political revolution, and a revolution is much more difficult to quell than the support of Party insiders.

But not in Diyala, where insurgent and sectarian violence among the diverse inhabitants has proved difficult to quell, endangering a fair election in the province.

The street wardens were introduced three years ago to tackle antisocial behaviour and petty street crime but have found the antagonism between chavs and goths difficult to quell.

ChinaCast has a revolt on its hands that it is finding difficult to quell.

The Nigerian government has been unable to quell the insurgency in the Niger delta, making it difficult for oil firms to operate there.

He did nothing to quell the rumor.

Once again the riot police managed to quell the disturbances.

The army moved in to quell the mutiny.

The latest proposal did little to quell the concerns.

Even the army arrived late to quell the riots.