had squelched
- past perfect of squelch.
Example Sentences
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The pandemic had squelched overseas tourism, which had sustained economic activity in recent years.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
Only one, from a University of Washington yeast bank, worked at all; as he discovered too late, leaking coolant had squelched the other strains.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2017
By guaranteeing the shrunken frontiers of Rumania, Germany had squelched Hungary's claim to the rest of Transylvania and Rumania's part of the Banat.
From Time Magazine Archive
The nation's press has delivered almost daily truckloads of damning evidence about Bert Lance's banking habits and kept the story alive long after Powell and his boss thought they had squelched it.
From Time Magazine Archive
In great confusion she turned to her stock, and Donald, satisfied that he had squelched her completely, went into the manager's office, wrote, and sealed the following note to Nan Brent: Saturday night.
From Kindred of the Dust by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
