Sentence examples for quell unrest from inspiring English sources

In November Mr Obasanjo sent troops into the delta to quell unrest.

Police resorted to using rubber bullets in an attempt to quell unrest.

In an attempt to quell unrest, the authorities cancelled classes and used teargas on protesters.

President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada said the military stood ready to quell unrest.

That announcement also failed to quell unrest, and Ben Ali stepped down as president, leaving the country.

Tear gas was used to quell unrest in one prison, though calm was restored by the afternoon.

In Tibet it has quelled unrest and dissent with the time-honoured repression it knows best: mass detention, heavy security and "patriotic education campaigns" (see article).

Moderate Shias still counsel patience with the ruling al-Khalifa family, whose promises of reform a decade ago had quelled unrest until now.

When the state of emergency was declared at midnight on July 20 , 1985 it sought to spread a judicial veneer over the authorities' actions, offering indemnity to police officers for their actions in quelling unrest.

Julia Sweig, a Latin America expert with the Council on Foreign Relations, argued that the Bush administration might be more interested in quelling unrest than in ousting Mr. Chávez, and would be willing to accommodate him provided he kept oil flowing.

Matthew J. Konz, a company commander with the 101st Airborne, responsible for quelling unrest in the town of Hammam al Ali, south of Mosul, said when asked if that estimate was reasonable.