How To Use Quelled In A Sentence
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His decision to spare the soldier initiates a near mutiny that is quelled only when the captain finally reveals something about his civilian life, becoming a real person to his men instead of an epigone of orders and chain of command.
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If nothing else, it might have quelled the widespread suspicion that the incident had been covered up.
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Bersih 1.0 came before the 2008 general election, but then-Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi quelled it using teargas.
Paranoia in Penang
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The regime, U.S.-backed Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been the target of a nationwide popular uprising in recent weeks, which neither shooting into crowds of unarmed demonstrators nor promised reforms has thus far quelled.
Stephen Zunes: U.S. Backs Tunisian Dictatorship in Face of Pro-Democracy Uprising
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Problems that have, for the most part, have been, well, described as quelled, although there still have been some internal problems.
CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2007
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This, in turn, was quelled, and a curious quiet reigned again as the deputies from the nobles made their appearance in their rich dress, with cloak gold-faced, white silk stockings, and beplumed hat.
Calvert of Strathore
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For a while it seemed that the government had quelled radical groups, but this has only lulled us into a sense of false security.
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A CIVILIZATION B SCIENCE/TECH C GOVERNMENT D RELIGION E SOCIOECONOMICS A Akkad B metallurgy walled cities irrigation C strong centraL authority controlled several city-states and kept peace (for a while) quelled dissent with violence D polytheistic tradition centered on city gods, fertility goddess and harvest deities hepatoscopy (examining sheep livers for omens)
When The Comet Flew Through Ancient Evenings
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Troops eventually quelled the unrest.
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She justified her request that Lady Tyrwitt be replaced as her governess "bicause ... the people wil say that I deserved throwgh my lewde demenure" to have a new governess. 133 In this same letter, she thanked Somerset for authorizing the Privy Council to issue orders that the "ivel reportes" about her be quelled.
From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
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As it was, when one of the counsellors kicked another for interrupting him, and the judge threw a calabash at their heads to call them to order, I could not help bursting into a fit of laughter, which was soon quelled when one of my guards gave me a progue with the tip of his spear, to remind me where I was.
Old Jack
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Juste's air was slightly mocking, and words of not overdelicate banter rose to his lips, to be instantly quelled by La Boulaye.
The Trampling of the Lilies
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UMM EL-FAHM, Israel — Dozens of Jewish extremists hoisting Israeli flags defiantly marched through this Arab-Israeli town Wednesday, chanting "death to terrorists" and touching off clashes between rock-hurling residents and police who quelled them with tear gas.
Umm El-Fahm, Arab Israeli Town, Hit By Violent Clashes
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Local authorities appear to have quelled the protests, which erupted last week after a Mongolian herder was killed by a coal truck driven by a member of China's dominant Han ethnic group as a group of herders sought to block a convoy from crossing pastureland.
China Says Foreigners Fuel Unrest in Mongolia
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He made a momentary show of haughty, indignant refusal, but a movement of my sword quelled the brief revolt in him.
An Enemy to the King
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The car can be driven on the throttle quite easily, with both understeer and oversteer smoothly quelled by your right foot.
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He disposed of his rival claimants, and quelled various rebellions that the succession crisis had spawned.
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The longing for things past is quelled by the freshness of the moment.
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Paulinus quelled the revolt with ruthless efficiency but his methods were frowned upon by the new procurator (finance official), Classicianus.
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Thereafter only mopping-up operations remained in Spain; a mutiny in his army was quelled, and the ringleaders executed.
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For a while it seemed that the government had quelled radical groups, but this has only lulled us into a sense of false security.
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He gained kudos for his stand against the brutality with which a subsequent mutiny was quelled.
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Her sharp voice and its open lack of sympathy quelled the bedridden botanist.
RUSHING TO PARADISE
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The security forces counter-attacked the following day and quelled the unrest.
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The more the sisters seem to confess to one another, the less they seem to say, and the way that so many of the longings in the film are quieted without being fully quelled is part of its haunting and unnerving beauty.
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She would not be calmed, she would not be quelled, she would not be made to silence and rest.
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They grew excited, and it looked like trouble for a while; but Big Alec asserted his kingship and quelled them.
The King of the Greeks
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On his death, in 404, Arsaces, his eldest son, ascended the throne as Artaxerxes II, and quelled revolts in Cyrus,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
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I have quelled the ferocious beasties that are computer viruses, all without hurting those that should be maimed horribly.
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Jawara quelled the revolt by summoning Senegalese aid.
8. Gambia
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An East Lancashire computer firm has quelled rumours 50 jobs will be cut when it restructures its sales staff.
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The threat of nuclear terrorism has been quelled.
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Giovanni's rage was quelled into an aspect of sullen insensibility.
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Baptiste had evidently quelled the more warlike of his followers, and instead of precipitating an attack in the bright light of day, the shot had caused a hasty exodus, the Indians drawing out of the village beyond the zone of fire.
THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS
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He quelled one incipient mutiny through sheer dominance, but it left him more short of temper, more crabbedly moody than ever.
Big Timber A Story of the Northwest
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He quelled James McFadden with his hardy yet wholesome intercessions.
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The armed rebellion was quelled only in a few days.
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He conquered the Sudan and quelled a rebellion in Greece.
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Verbena quelled him in mid-grumble with a patient, long-suffering gaze, like a mother enduring a weary child's temper tantrum.
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The wind that had roared all night lay quelled by the headland; the bosun grew too sleepy to shout.
Excerpt: The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert Redick
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He disposed of his rival claimants, and quelled various rebellions that the succession crisis had spawned.
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The security forces counter-attacked the following day and quelled the unrest.
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It was immediately quelled as his iron grip on her arm began to tighten.
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Elsewhere we see a young man strapped onto gurneys and administered violent shocks that trigger convulsions; we can only guess whether his screams quelled the pain.
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I felt a sharp hope rising in me and I quelled it immediately.
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Fear, whether it is quelled or stimulated, provides the capacity to both control and manipulate a variety of social and political discourses.
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My Anger (which, we must remember, she is supposed to be helping me Manage) is kind of quelled, though, due to the whole defaming-her-character-all-over-the-internet thing.
Bluemeany Diary Entry
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The famed poet also quelled controversy after she expressed her disappointment in rapper Common using profanity, namely the n-word, and the b-word in reference to women, on his current album released in December, which features Angelou on the intro "The Dreamer.
The Seattle Times
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She did not wish to go to the top, for she knew what would take place and had no desire to see it, but her own feelings were quelled and she was docilely swept along with the crowd.
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The increase was smaller than expected, but has not quelled fears that as inflation creeps up the government will need to slam on the economic brakes.
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Local authorities appear to have quelled the protests, which erupted last week after a Mongolian herder was killed by a coal truck driven by a member of China's dominant Han ethnic group as a group of herders sought to block a convoy from crossing pastureland.
China Says Foreigners Fuel Unrest in Mongolia
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Conductors were popular, and deservedly so, because they assisted elderly people, sorted out fares and quelled bad behaviour.
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The car can be driven on the throttle quite easily, with both understeer and oversteer smoothly quelled by your right foot.
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The police quelled the disturbances in inner - city areas.
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It was only when Gov. Charles Robinson assured them that the "unratified and unproclaimed treaty was not a surrender but a triumph of diplomacy" that the mutineers were quelled.
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The cooler temperatures of the last week should have quelled the amorous residents' ardour and after their recent exertions they should have quite an appetite.
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By the time Ted Leo took the stage with a drummer and a bassist as the accompanying Pharmacists all doubt was quelled.
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So, she kind of quelled that suspicion right away -- just -- just trying to engage them in whatever conversation.
CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2009
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Initially as surprised as everyone else, the Mexican army soon recovered and violently quelled the rebellion.
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She is conjured into being by Myrtle herself, by sympathetic magic, but once in the dramatic arena cannot be easily controlled or quelled; her spirit magic wreaks havoc.
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Palestine itself did exist; it is the name granted to Israel by the Roman Empire after it quelled the Bar Kochba revolt in 135 CE; it was originally an insult to ancient jews living there as Palestine was from the greek/latin for of the term philistine to describe a mortal enemy of the jews; one who was constantly invading Israel in its early history, before its eventual eradication as a people.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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He quelled her with a stern glance before turning back to the judges.
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I also know this, which is even more disconcerting: That two of the principles that have made this country exceptional -- the free press and the idea of representational government -- have inexplicably, impossibly, been, if not quelled, then stifled.
Bad Shakespeare
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Whenever you beheld me, your eyes imprinted all their graces there, mastered and quelled me; and my eyes earned their share: to worship all in you that sight laid bare.
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Penner announced two years ago he was a transsexual, and wrote a gut-wrenching and brave column about it that made it clear what he was doing and why — and did so with so much grace that the kind of public comment you might expect was mostly quelled.
RIP, Mike Penner « Dating Jesus
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With the establishment of strong dynasties, civil wars and baronial insurrections were quelled or kept under control.
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the quelled rebellion
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The ambitious German, then 25, went on to finish as world champion that year; then again the next season, as inadequate opponents were quelled ruthlessly, one after the other.
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Captain Hoxworth volunteered several interviews with the press in which he contended that only his swift reaction to the first attempts at mutiny had preserved his ship, and thereafter he became known as the intrepid captain who had quelled the Chinese mutiny.
Hawaii
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She quelled an urge to race up the winding stairs and find out for herself what was going on.
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But Roger felt far otherwise; and this sudden qualm of conscience once quelled (I will say there seemed much of palliation in the matter), a kind of inebriate feeling of delight filled his mind, and Steady Acton plodded on to the meadow yonder, half a mile a-head, in a species of delirious complacency.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
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The police quelled the disturbances in inner - city areas.
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If 20% unemployment can be maintained, along with high levels of private debt, and economic activity amongst the lower orders can be suppressed, squashed, quelled and controlled, there will be no inflation.
Matthew Yglesias » Stepping on the Monetary Gas Pedal
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Donnan felt his anger rise and immediately quelled it.