Sentence examples for quell a from inspiring English sources
That year Marco Rubio, then House speaker, relied on its services briefly to quell a rebellion.
As it stands, China is already struggling to quell a major taxi-driver strike.
In December a police operation to quell a prison revolt left 32 people dead.
In another incident, the police were called to Miami's Wyndham Hotel to quell a disturbance.
The deal is intended to quell a tempest over Mr. Milk's stomping grounds.
He tells how to quell a hysterical woman, how to break a greeter's bone-crushing handshake.
Leftovers go a long way to quell a voracious crowd for lunch, dinner and midnight snacks.
Quintana was forced to quell a radical revolution in 1905, and he died the following year.
The reforms that the King had agreed to, in order to quell a revolt, were abandoned.
Others say such comments are scaremongering meant to quell a movement that taps into popular discontent.
In contrast, John Harbaugh had to quell a potential player mutiny in Baltimore two months ago.
