Sentence examples for quell a problem from inspiring English sources

The Revolutionary War was over, and one of its veterans, Isaac Smith, a farmer, doctor and deputy sheriff for the County of Westchester, was riding down to what is now the South Bronx to quell a problem in a tavern there.

It had been designed nearly a decade ago to quell a local problem with soccer hooliganism, but has now grown sufficiently famous that, this winter, President Obama invited the mayor of Aarhus to the White House for a summit on countering extremism.

When interactions with customers focus on helping them achieve as much as possible — as opposed to quickly fixing a problem to quell a complaint — they're bound to be much more positive.

Mr. Rubio says Mr. Obama compounded his problems by diverting risk corridor funds to quell a 2013 furor over canceled insurance policies.

It is a new iteration of an enduring problem in Afghanistan, where Western officials are already struggling to quell a storm of corruption that has undercut the war effort.

The problem is, official responses, even if accompanied by some kind of grand gesture of apology, do little to quell a Twitter storm once it has started.

I quell a feline urge to lick my forearms.

Leftovers go a long way to quell a voracious crowd for lunch, dinner and midnight snacks.

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.