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Quelled by that self-inflicted injury, he must spend a lot of time not speaking, which naturally invites everyone around him to offer advice.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2021

A Performance That Quelled Doubts and Tempered Sadness There was no champion to celebrate or failed bid to lament Sunday.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2012

But what a shivering dread Quelled their bold hopes, when on their watch by night The mariners first saw the distant flames Of Ætna, and its red portentous glare Streaking the midnight waste!

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by Gilfillan, George

Quelled by a menace so mysterious, Griffith promised blind obedience; and Kate thanked him, and bade him good night, and ordered him peremptorily to bed.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various

Quelled by the prompt and vigorous measures of the government.

From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by Marshall, John