quell
verb (used with object)
to suppress; put an end to; extinguish.
was quelling
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past progressiveof quell.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was quelling the rage that always rose in his heart when he thought of Thomas Braddock's attitude, not only toward him but toward his wife.
From The Rose in the Ring by George Barr McCutcheon
In one of the corrals an officer of cavalry was quelling insubordination with soft words.
From The Missourian by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
