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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "quelling" in a sentence

    quelling example sentences

    quelling


    1. resilient; that, in spite of the quelling designs of radical feminism, inevitably reasserts itself (regretfully, I might add) later on in life as they (gradually) approach the margins of their child-bearing years


    2. Dorian cast her a quelling look


    3. Quelling the urge to fill the silence that followed, his attention shifted back to Moses and his brother Aaron


    4. Quelling the urge to fill the silence that followed, his


    5. center, I wouldn’t be here now,” she pointed out, quelling


    6. If these Qualinesti Elves share a common cause with us then I should have little difficulty in convincing them to send a delegation of their kin to aid us in quelling the Guild of Assassins


    7. As he seated himself and took his first bite, enjoying the feeling of the food quelling his hunger, his moment of quasi-rest during which his mind was focused only on his meal and temporarily free of contemplation of complex theories was abruptly interrupted by the entrance of Captain Higgins


    8. The smell of steamed rice and spices created a satisfying aroma that alone did wonders for quelling their voracious appetites


    9. When he did remember, he sat up suddenly, and then fell back, writhing in agony and quelling the nausea that threatened to erupt


    10. He was not bold, I say; and after that one quelling glance from the young saint's eyes did not dare speak again for a long while

    11. Lamond DeBourbon, a knight of substantial means, paid her ransom, thus quelling the disparity between the sides


    12. intention of quelling his hunger


    13. Countless millions of years of Darwinian evolution did not fail him; the primal instinct to survive came to the fore and, quelling his panic, took control


    14. Delphi sent him a quelling look, then put on a smile and posed for the shot


    15. The latter, sure of quelling the tempest when the waves became too violent, allowed them to rise to a certain pitch that he might be revenged on the importunate Andrea, and besides it would afford him some recreation during the long day


    16. once quelling the storm within her, she sat down and began talking to their guest


    17. be spared were busy quelling the flames that sprang up in many places


    18. I had command at Portland, and at the fort near Boston, and while in commission, I was employed in quelling a meeting or insurrection among the soldiery, and during my continuance in office I gave general satisfaction


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    Synonyms for "quelling"

    crushing quelling stifling suppression

    "quelling" definitions

    forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority