1
If the present excitement could be quelled only by such a remedy, he preferred that it should go on.
2
The chattering thing burst into its screech and was quelled only by a mild glance from the Devil Doctor.
3
The riots were quelled only by deploying the army and finally, under severe pressure from all sides, Gates resigned that June.
4
It all boils down to a terrible hunger, the kind of thirst that can be quelled only by the denominated liquidity of lucre.