Sentence examples for quelling from inspiring English sources

Quelling fears their midfield would struggle without the former All-Australian and 2010 premiership star, the Magpies easily outpaced, outmuscled and outmanoeuvred the disappointing hosts for most of the night in front of 31,240 fans - Brisbane's best crowd in five years.

Itself responsible for quelling an uprising with a massacre in 1989, China's government had few qualms about expanding ties with Myanmar during the 1990s.

If his armed policemen side with the demonstrators, as they have done in isolated incidents in the past, Mr Arafat would have a hard job quelling the clashes even if he wanted to.The Israeli army issued machineguns and sniper rifles to settlers in the northern West Bank this week, and urged them to help with fencing and fortification work around their settlements.

Oil is virtually its only source of income, making up 98% of revenue.Though quelling the border rebellion is the Sudanese government's priority, it also needs the income from oil transit fees to tackle inflation and to steady the north's shaky economy.

Mr Abhisit gained kudos for quelling an unruly mob.

He also unified it, quelling separatist agitation such as the rebellion in the Dhofar region between 1962 and 1976.

Not only would this leave the Americans open to the charge of being ready to break up and thus permanently weaken Afghanistan, it would leave unfinished the little matter of quelling the Taliban, dealing with Osama bin Laden and destroying the al-Qaeda network.

If Pakistan is serious about defeating the Taliban, the tribal areas must be somewhat tamed.With rough control over the tribal areas, the army could do a better job of quelling jihadist raids into Afghanistan.