Sentence example with the word 'quelling'

quelling

Definition n. forceful prevention

Last update: June 12, 2015


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She strode to the wall again, quelling the urge to open it.   [Please select]

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The awful news spread from lip to lip, hushing shouts and quelling laughter.   [Please select]

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The quelling force of his ferocious personality achieved its purpose, as it rarely failed to do.   [Please select]

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But Winifred, who had now seen me, did not bound away with that heart-quelling yell of hers which I had dreaded.   [Please select]

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The bad weather and the quelling of the mutiny kept the squadron at the port of Saint Julien for five months.   [Please select]

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Dick knew that he was right, and, quelling his impatience, he lay down in one of the bunks and slept until morning.   [Please select]

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