quell
verb (used with object)
to suppress; put an end to; extinguish.
unquelled
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a word derived from
quell.
Example Sentences
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This time the questions I had to ask were deeply personal, but she talked as perceptively as always, with a poetic turn of phrase, unabashed candor and an unquelled sense of joy.
From Time Magazine Archive
How towers he, too, amid the billowed snows, An unquelled exile from the summer's throne, Whose plain, uncinctured front more kingly shows, Now that the obscuring courtier leaves are flown.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
Like "Prometheus Bound," chained to the rock, torn, her spirit remained unquelled.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
And all my soul unquelled Adown the gulf betrayed Dives, to the quest impelled Of some elusive shade.
From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Agnes Lee
The storm overhead had abated, but the rage of the sea was unquelled.
From The Stolen Singer by Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger
