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
But still this man pursued me, and I held Firm to my vow, albeit I loved him still, Unknown to all, with all the love unquelled Of first impressions, and against my will.
From Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses by Madison Julius Cawein
Like "Prometheus Bound," chained to the rock, torn, her spirit remained unquelled.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
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 Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell
It could not be that she had guessed the truth, or she would not stand like that, with tearless eyes and unquelled courage before her.
From The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
