Sentence examples for were quelled by from inspiring English sources

Protests expected on Monday were quelled by a massive security presence, the restriction of internet access and a wave of arrests.

My pre-show nerves were quelled by a quick prayer from my mother down the telephone line and a blast of my children's demands for Sunday.

Thousands of protesters who had gathered in the streets outside were quelled by police armed with tear gas, water cannons, and batons.

Fears that each of the coloured blocks might be anthropomorphised were quelled by Kasanoff's assurance that "this isn't a movie with a bunch of lines running around the page.

It is offering bounties for the capture of fugitive members of the regime overthrown last month after the security forces had killed more than 80 people.Revolution is in the air in Asia again, as it was two decades ago, when a series of "people-power" movements swept unpopular regimes from government; or forced them into big reforms; or, in two countries, were quelled by a hail of bullets.

They were quelled by the Chinese authorities.

His discovery that her physical ardor could be quelled by narrative had provided some relief.

Public ire is quelled by a combination of coercion and bribery.

"Their tactics can best be quelled by military operations backed by the most advanced technology.

The appetite for a revolution has also been quelled by events in neighbouring Ukraine.

One night the kitchen erupted in a grease fire that was quelled by the Fire Department.