Quell your impulse to tie your sister's pigtails to the bedpost.
The police were able to quell the riot.
When water did n't quell the rushes, she drank more and more.
The police tried to quell the riot.To quell is to quieten and control.When police tried to quell the disturbance, onlookers incited the crowd.
The police were called out to quell the riot.
"Police were sent to quell the riot."
To quell bleeding, cauterize the wound.
The police had been called in to quell a minor disturbance.
The dictator is trying to quell the rebellion.
The police used pepper spray to quell the riot.
To quell the infant's crying, the mother rocked him gently. The king sent soldiers out into the crowd to quell the riots. Our supervisor called a meeting in order to quell rumors about pay cuts in the department. She ordered a hearty sandwich to quell her hunger.
Police arrived in force to quell the riot set off by rabid soccer fans.
The principal held a meeting in order to quell the rumors about the school closing. A few potato chips will do nothing to quell my hunger. King George could do nothing to quell the colonist's uprising.