How to Use quash in a Sentence

quash

verb
  • To quash the Quebec, once and for all.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Not even creeping death could quash the rock star within.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Sadly, that report was quashed.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Resistance will be quashed before it is even thought of.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Lee quashed that theory, though.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The road outside was closed in an apparent effort to quash any street protests.
    — Sopheng Cheang, ajc, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The pursuit of knowledge can be quashed, but the public funds have to go somewhere.
    — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 9 May 2026
  • While Earth teems with life, our neighbor seems determined to quash it.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
  • At least six have been quashed by federal judges, while two more were limited in scope.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But such efforts have been unable to quash doubt, even among the war’s supporters.
    — Timothy Frye, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
  • As part of his ruling, the judge also quashed the subpoenas.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Without a doubt, this is Trump quashing dissent.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The lawyers who quashed Elon Musk’s huge pay package want $6 billion.
    — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Now the government is out to quash this plague of poor decision making.
    — David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Republicans quashed the motion as it was made and adjourned for the week.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The coup attempt—now known as the Beer Hall Putsch—would swiftly be quashed.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • This spring, the West Bank locked down hard and fast in a bid to quash the coronavirus outbreak.
    — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2020
  • And while some teams hope to maintain their momentum, other teams actively hope the break can quash it.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Eagle Forum has filed a motion in court to quash the subpoena.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Whether the court challenges will quash the negotiation rule is still a big question.
    — Byrichard Eisenberg, Fortune Well, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Dissent has been quashed and protests, once a daily feature of life in Hong Kong, have been snuffed out.
    — Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
  • To quash the ever-present threat of a revolt, punishment was sadistic and frequent.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • The clients of Koltun and Regan have filed motions in each case to quash the subpoenas.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • Even though protests inspired by her death have been quashed by force, Iranian women are still fighting.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Green quashed the warrant for Gordon's arrest for failure to appear.
    — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2023
  • Childs initially tried to quash the beef between two groups at the club, friends told the Daily News.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The ride is obviously tuned for comfort, but not stunning at quashing bumps and light potholes.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The Vivisectors quashes substance in its search for higher things.
    — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • This forgiveness is not nearly as generous as Biden’s plan that was quashed last June.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • His advisers were planning to stage a coup, and also preparing to use the military to quash protests if that coup failed.
    — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023

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