How to Use squelch in a Sentence

squelch

1 of 2 verb
  • Those plans were squelched that June.
    — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Its quick growth rate can squelch out nearby bloomers in a flash.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
  • Over an hour later, my hair is still damp, and my shoes squelch with each step.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Legal matters might squelch your plans.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • That moonlight will squelch all but the very brightest of meteors.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2026
  • There is squirting blood, a loose eye still attached to an optic nerve, and so much squelching.
    — Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Wiley and her group trudged through the murky water in the morning, feet squelching in the muck.
    — Jack Prator, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Wall Street is set for an upbeat open, but earnings could squelch optimism.
    — Ben Dooley, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Stafford has the kind of arm that can squelch a veteran’s frustration, and that matters.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2021
  • My rationality squelched any impulse to let loose on the ice.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Jackson answered with back-to-back baskets to squelch a Jazz comeback.
    — John Coon, ajc, 17 June 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
  • Tests will also be deployed when they’re needed to help squelch an outbreak, officials said.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Scarnecchia, McDaniels and Fears didn’t have to squelch the notion.
    — Karen Guregian, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Fed officials have tried to squelch speculation that the central bank will cut rates as soon as March.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The government sought to squelch talk that threatened Yugoslav unity.
    — Laurence H. Silberman, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Traveling did nothing to squelch his passion for the Browns, however.
    — cleveland, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Friday didn’t squelch the concerns about the quality of the LIV Golf fields.
    — Mitchell Forde For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 July 2022
  • At the same time, org leaders have squelched all internal dissent regarding Israel.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • This also squelches any storm activity, and heat domes can act like detour signs in the atmosphere, rerouting storms around them.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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

squelch

2 of 2 noun
  • Squelch, squelch, squish, grunt, clang, yell, grunt, clang, squish, squish, squidge.
    — Jess Grey, Wired, 16 Oct. 2021
  • With a small, one-handed hoe, a planter opened a hole in the wet earth, which parted with a squelch.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2022
  • With every mile walked, every sprain of ankle, every squelch of bog, the beer tasted sweeter.
    — Oliver Smith, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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