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Sentence Examples The militia, it seems, managed to quell the disturbance without too much difficulty. A draconian law to quell demonstrations has only galvanised public support for young Quebecois protesting tuition fee hikes. Policemen and commandos are deployed to quell riots and to maintain law and order. But, just as Edward Longshanks failed to quell the rebellion that led to Scottish independence, William Wallace's legacy lives on. In his place they sent Colonel Lachlan Macquarie who arrived in 1810 with a regiment to quell the rebellion. Members of the 800th Military Police Brigade had to use lethal force several times to quell prisoner uprisings, the report says. The military government pledged to quell rebellion and unify the country by force. Police and soldiers were sent to Yelwa to quell the violence and the town has been reported calm since Friday. So the wait prolongs before Harry Potter and his friends at Hogwarts School of Magic finally quell Lord Voldemort, the evil and powerful Wizard. Police forced people on the 500 block to the sidewalks several times in attempt to shrink and quell the crowd. He said his office would continue in its efforts to save the peace pact, despite the looming operation to quell the rebels. In 1 Henry IV he is commended by Prince Harry after Shrewsbury, and sent with Westmorland to quell the northern rebels. Sources said police used hundreds of tear gas canisters, rubber bullets and opened fire to quell the strikers, leaving seven people dead. Breathing in the uncomfortable silence I tried to quell the unease, without much success I might add. Many householders fear their insurance premiums could rise but the Association of British Insurers is trying to quell homeowners' worries. Throughout the poem, the mother constantly attempts to quell and quiet Jim's desire, reading that desire as potentially self-destructive. There are no words, no internal dialogue that can quell my feeling of betrayal. Private security patrols could be deployed in the borough for the first time to quell fears of crime among residents near Wandsworth Common. It seems that nothing in this world is able to quell David Hempleman-Adams' thirst for adventure and this year has been no exception. I tried to stifle the thoughts, tried to quell the overwhelming feeling of being trapped in circumstances. Show More Sentences An only child, with parents who wanted what was best for her, she couldn't quell the feeling she was different from her peers. We use it to comfort ourselves, quell anxiety and fear, and numb those feelings of self-doubt. Sometimes putting a student in a different reading group can quell disruptions and reengage minds. In the short term, more repression may be an effective way for these leaders to quell opposition. Federal authorities vigorously enforced later drafts, employing sufficient military force to quell any resistance. Has anyone ever written to tell you that a muscle rub works to quell the itching of mosquito bites? He told the court he had ordered the use of tear gas and rubber bullets to quell rioting prisoners but not firearms. The power of the press to cause panic was matched by their equal power to quell the imbalance they had caused. To quell resistance, air strikes and artillery barrages were called in, largely demolishing the town. In an associated consideration, mercury in the body tends to quell or cripple selenium in enzymes. These largely token measures have done little to quell public anger at the violent actions of the police. The squadron aided the Transjordanian army to quell unrest in the district. He slammed the door shut behind him and collapsed against it, closing his eyes and gulping air in an effort to quell his anger. To quell understeer, for example, the system slows the inside rear wheel slightly in order to pull the nose back toward the inside of a turn. Other countries in our region just don't have the resources to improve their economies, fight narco-terrorists, and quell violence on their own. It may quell a very noisy minority, but it does an injustice to the citizenry at large. During their occupation of the building, police had pledged not to enter the prayer area in order to quell opposition. Yes, it's true the police overestimated the ability of republicans to quell the zeal of young rioters. Yesterday, the chief constable and the police authority issued a joint statement in a fresh bid to quell the outcry. Surprised authorities then sent reinforcements consisting of 200 martial police to quell further unrest in the city. Show More Sentences Yoghurt has other benefits for the body too, including an ability to quell cholesterol in the blood stream. A total of six police and military companies were quickly deployed to quell the unrest. Political leaders on all sides had inflamed the situation, creating a momentum that they could no longer control let alone quell. In 1380 he helped to quell a revolt by the Flemish burghers against the count, which ended in 1382 with the massacre of 26,000 Flemings. Yet her fund-raisers and staff have not moved to quell Democrat hopes, preferring that the rumour mill keep on running. Despite our loser basketball players, and a few other embarrassments, it's been difficult to quell the American spirit. When these minorities pass from disobedience to rebellion, the elites lack the resources to quell revolts. Undermining fundamental liberties, such as indefinite detention without due process, however, is another matter altogether, one as likely to fuel problems as quell them. Partly, it may be a desire to quell emotions in front of strangers. Authorities clamped down on new curfews and brought in the army to quell the violence, but angry mobs have been turning on those trying to keep the peace. On-duty NYPD officers in upper Manhattan have been working to quell the motorbike menace for the past two years. So if he believed his visit yesterday would be enough to quell major doubts about this issue, we must inform him that this was mission unaccomplished. It needs an international confederation of loyal, corrupt, authoritarian governments in poorer countries to push through unpopular reforms and quell the mutinies. He was sent with troops in 1599 to quell the continuing insurgency. In 1983, he was sent back to the south to quell a mutiny of soldiers. But in a move seen as an attempt to quell this dissent from the back benches, Mr Cullen announced the abolition of plans for the direct election of mayors. Philosophy will never quell the conflict between competing ways of life, but it can at least point the way towards values on which all rational people might agree. Pregnant women take Lamaze courses not because what they learn will quell their labor pains, but because knowing what to expect helps them to handle the pain. A spokesman for the Department of Health said the government was introducing a guideline of 18 weeks from referral to treatment in a bid to quell the problems. Whenever stressed employees worked up the courage to venture criticism of him, Browne would point towards the sign, which was usually enough to quell any restiveness. Show More Sentences Sister Margaret Geary, 85, survived on celery sticks, a bottle of water, and cough drops she sucked on to quell her thirst. Afterwards, a slew of major NBA reporters did their best to quell the giddy, growing mob. Pat tries to quell her feelings for Bruce, her vain egoist of a flatmate, while navigating the purpose and ethics of naturism at a nudist picnic in Moray Place Gardens. These are all places where Western armies had to quell disorder. She drew hard on the cancer stick to quell the need to hyperventilate. To unite the country and strengthen the stability of the border, Emperor Qian Long assembled large numbers of troops in Danba to quell the rebellion. That proved to be enough to quell the upstarts, and Teague appeared to be settling a personal score when he raced over three more times in the second half. He shuts his eyes tight, as if trying to quell something terrible. The recent support for the party of Pim Fortuyn in the Netherlands has failed to quell the spirit of profligate immorality endemic to that country. Despite his sense of legality, he could resort to dramatic displays of armed might and air power to quell internal opposition with literal overkill. Before the match there was trouble in a little square outside the ground as riot police with batons waded in to quell troublemakers attached to both clubs. So, did quacks cash in on this, fanfaring their own capacity to quell pain? Peter, Gregory and David slugged, in turn, at a bottle of Mylanta, a magnesium concoction, to quell their gut-aches. Injections of an obscure cell best known for making collagen might quell the runaway inflammation that underlies lethal sepsis. People who knew Jack in real life did little to quell the rumors. I read on. It will cost two hundred and fifty quid. I felt a quell of alarm, that's quite expensive. Hu had been supportive of Chiang's role throughout the northern expedition and the quell of southern rebellion. A vain effort to quell the public's fears only made matters worse. The future emperor Pertinax was sent to Britannia to quell the mutiny and was initially successful in regaining control. Elizabeth managed to moderate and quell the intense religious passions of the time. Show More Sentences The Chief Constable of Glamorgan requested troops be sent in to help police quell the rioting. During the war, plans were drawn up to quell Welsh nationalism by affiliating Elizabeth more closely with Wales. In the summer of 1642, the Scottish Parliament sent some 10,000 soldiers to quell the Irish rebellion. In response, the government passed the Six Acts, measures designed to quell further political agitation. In response to the attacks, troops were dispatched to quell the uprising which then resulted in the Herero and Namaqua Genocide. After three days of rioting, police were brought in from elsewhere to help quell the rioters. Objections within the navy as a whole were harder to quell and a campaign once again broke out in newspapers. The Bermudian militiamen were called out on numerous occasions of war, and, on one notable occasion, to quell rioting privateers. Varus decided to quell this uprising immediately, expediting his response by taking a detour through territory that was unfamiliar to the Romans. Spanish forces, sometimes accompanied by native allies, led expeditions to conquer territory or quell rebellions through the colonial era. However, the Totonacs chafed under Aztec rule, with Aztec rulers from Axayacatl to Moctezuma II having to send soldiers to quell rebellions. The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority. Each Martial Law was marked by the quell of civil liberties or human rights. The consequences have not been significant in terms of the quell of any of the three drugs into the United States. A quell of strength over took Robin with each of his words. She was about to fall apart, but Jacob was as brave as a warrior going into battle. European junior officers who attempted to quell the first outbreaks were killed by the rebels. He must be considered one of the game's great counterpunchers, a style which could quell any of the game's premier names. Asquith remained as leader of the Liberal Party, but was unable to quell the internal conflict. No less than 6,000 regular troops were called into the city to quell the unrest, while strike spread through the whole sillon industriel. When trouble flared, the Home Secretary ordered troops to be ready to quell the unrest. Show More Sentences In 2008, Georgia was seeking to quell Ossetian and Abkhazian separatists, who wanted to link to Russia. An estimated 1 in 50 school-age children in the United States receive stimulant medication to help quell inattentiveness and hyperactivity. Police deployed water cannon and dogs, and fired more than 20 plastic baton rounds to quell the disorder. An RUC spokesman said a small number of plastic baton rounds were fired by officers inside the station in a bid to quell the trouble. Two of the powerful cannons are on loan to the RUC from the Belgian police who used them to quell the English hooligans. Next, the team sprinkled in another chemical, called thiourea, which can quell rebellious reactive oxygen species. By attacking Portuguese overseas possessions, the Dutch forced Spain to divert financial and military resources away from its attempt to quell Dutch independence. Police, who deployed water canon and 26 plastic baton rounds in a bid to quell the unrest, have arrested seven people so far, but have warned that many more will follow. Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom. The quell of the rebellion raised Justinian to the acme of power. Post-9-11 cocooners are cooking, knitting and decorating their homes like there's no tomorrow, perhaps to quell a vague sense that maybe there won't be. Albanian soldiers were also used to quell rebellions in Calabria. In 1679, this policy of using extrajudicial imprisonments to quell rebellion finally provoked the English Parliament to pass the Act of Habeas Corpus in England. Examples from Classical Literature However, there were many gentlemen who were desirous of peace, and who tried to sooth and quell the spirit of mobocracy. He was first ordered to quell the wahabi insurrection in Arabia, and his campaign there is alluded to in chap. I failed to quell it, as every catafalque, however brave and resolute, has failed yet. The gifts you bring, the queenship of the world of wine-inspired Fancies, cannot quell my grief at Theseus' loss. Not that you can replace Hilary, but you need solitude to quell your pride. There was only one way to quell this mutiny, and that was to soothe it away. He should be able to quell a mutiny, check a mob or stamp out a rebellion. To quell this feeling, a reorganization of the army was effected. On the morrow, before daybreak, there were three thousand at Durham's, and the police reserves had to be sent for to quell the riot. Should a popular insurrection happen in one of the confederate states the others are able to quell it. But he strove hard to quell them and to respond to Baglioni with a true lover's perfect faith. The only way the colonial governor could quell the insurrection was to tepidly assure his citizenry of a thorough investigation. Weatherford had raised a storm which he would never be able to quell. Grendel now, monster cruel, be mine to quell in single battle! As night approached, it proving impossible to quell her insubordination by rebuke or threats of punishment, Master Brackett, the jailer, thought fit to introduce a physician. Find more words! 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