How to Use squelch in a Sentence

squelch

1 of 2 verb

• Treble overwhelms bass, and the brass squelch the strings.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
• Trump, on the campaign trail and in private talks, has tried to squelch the deal.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 31 Jan. 2024
• But the act of being human doesn't have to be squelched.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 26 Mar. 2020
• The water soaks through their pants and shoes, which squelch as the team climbs up on the other bank.
  — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2022
• And instead of using the next week of this 15 days to squelch the virus and do it for real.
  — Cnn Staff, CNN, 26 Mar. 2020
• Friday didn’t squelch the concerns about the quality of the LIV Golf fields.
  — Mitchell Forde For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 July 2022
• Scarnecchia, McDaniels and Fears didn’t have to squelch the notion.
  — Karen Guregian, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2022
• Then: The Fed squelched the Great Inflation over three years by raising the funds rate to 20% multiple times.
  — Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
• Umpires rarely work games featuring teams from their area, to squelch claims of bias.
  — New York Times, 21 Aug. 2021
• China, despite its pledges, is moving to consume the city and squelch protests.
  — Kristina Olney, National Review, 12 Aug. 2019
• Stafford has the kind of arm that can squelch a veteran’s frustration, and that matters.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2021
• There is squirting blood, a loose eye still attached to an optic nerve, and so much squelching.
  — Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2020
• Jackson answered with back-to-back baskets to squelch a Jazz comeback.
  — John Coon, ajc, 17 June 2021
• For now, the pleasures of the nascent to-go-cocktail culture rely on loose enforcement of laws that would squelch them.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 June 2020
• But don't head to the store to buy flash cards and worksheets, which might squelch your child's natural interest in the subject.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 23 Aug. 2023
• Democrats have blasted the bill, and Black Democrats are concerned the measure will be used to squelch any dissent of police conduct.
  — Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2021
• Some of those prosecuted have fled the country, while others have squelched any impulse to protest the war.
  — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• This week’s increase in cases comes as the state is seeking to squelch an outbreak based around a church in the Waldo County town of Brooks.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2020
• Late in the third quarter, on third and goal from the two, a pass by Rivers was intercepted in the end zone to squelch another scoring threat.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2019
• The Pfizer vaccine — which will now be marketed under the name Comirnaty — is a crucial part of the U.S. strategy to squelch the spread of the virus.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• Wall Street is set for an upbeat open, but earnings could squelch optimism.
  — Ben Dooley, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
• The Fed needs to be seen as independent and tough, and to squelch inflation, as Mr. Volcker did.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• My rationality squelched any impulse to let loose on the ice.
  — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 15 Feb. 2020
• Fed officials have tried to squelch speculation that the central bank will cut rates as soon as March.
  — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
• If self-driving cars out-the-gate get a bad rap, perhaps due to being exorbitantly priced, this could squelch the whole deal.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• And when a Haitian president began loudly raising the subject, the French government scoffed and tried to squelch it.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2022
• But as the innings passed, the crowd not only realized what was happening but started pulling for Bunning to squelch the home team.
  — Barry Jacobs – Columnist, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The government sought to squelch talk that threatened Yugoslav unity.
  — Laurence H. Silberman, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
• Terry, who had started and lost the fourth game, had come in to squelch that rally, retiring Pittsburgh’s third baseman, Don Hoak.
  — David Margolick, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022
• In the weeks since the novel coronavirus outbreak has squelched daily life in America, researchers have struggled to assess the true spread of the virus.
  — Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2020

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squelch

2 of 2 noun

• The man at the viewer sucked out his face with a faint squelch and, with no acknowledgment of either Anne or Ed, began to pack up as quickly as possible.
  — WIRED, 11 Dec. 2017
• For years, business and industry lobbyists loudly protest — and squelch — any effort to rein in this welfare program, even proposals to tie their exemptions to job creation.
  — NOLA.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• One week earlier, Pines had imposed restrictions intended to limit movement on campus and squelch what had been a worrisome rise in cases.
  — Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
• In some cases, the crackdowns came as a result of pro-democracy movements, such as the Arab Spring, as authoritarian leaders redoubled their efforts to hold power and squelch dissent.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• Critics drew apt comparisons to Led Zeppelin — right down to lead vocalist Josh Kiszka's beyond-his-years squelch — assailing them for doing little more than basking in the glory that major-label muscle can buy.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2021
• The man at the viewer sucked out his face with a faint squelch and, with no acknowledgment of either Anne or Ed, began to pack up as quickly as possible.
  — WIRED, 11 Dec. 2017
• For years, business and industry lobbyists loudly protest — and squelch — any effort to rein in this welfare program, even proposals to tie their exemptions to job creation.
  — NOLA.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• One week earlier, Pines had imposed restrictions intended to limit movement on campus and squelch what had been a worrisome rise in cases.
  — Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
• In some cases, the crackdowns came as a result of pro-democracy movements, such as the Arab Spring, as authoritarian leaders redoubled their efforts to hold power and squelch dissent.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• Critics drew apt comparisons to Led Zeppelin — right down to lead vocalist Josh Kiszka's beyond-his-years squelch — assailing them for doing little more than basking in the glory that major-label muscle can buy.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024