Sentence examples for worked to quell from inspiring English sources

Then they worked to quell it.

He also worked to quell public criticism of the bailout programs.

He has worked to quell restive regions, most notably in Xinjiang, where up to 1 million Uighur Muslims are imprisoned in detention camps.

Last year, a flood of bot activity worked to quell a protest against Mexico's now-president, by overloading the hashtag used to organise the event.

LOS ANGELES — Fueled by dry brush, shifting winds and droughtlike conditions, several wildfires continued to burn across Southern California on Friday as thousands of firefighters worked to quell the flames and protect homes.

ROME — Pope Benedict XVI worked to quell anger in South America over his recent comments on the conversion of native populations, conceding Wednesday that "unjustifiable crimes" were committed in the conquest of the continent 500 years ago.

There are understandable doubts, which both D'Antoni and Gasol are working to quell.

But then, he said, he had to work to quell fears among local Indian-Americans that the temple would exclude those who were not Sri Vaishnavaites.

Mr. Linton, a longtime Democrat, said he planned to vote for Mr. Trump because he believes the businessman will work to quell violence in places like Baltimore, where Mr. Linton said several people he knows have lost loved ones to gun violence.

To be sure, already on Friday, political leaders were working to quell the chaos.

LAPD officials and South L.A. leaders have been working to quell the violence, which police attribute largely to gang activity.