squelch

Example Sentences

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The only sound was the squelching of their feet as they plodded on.

From Literature

The forecast “was not enough to squelch the worry. Despite management coming out swinging, it’s the numbers, not the words, weighing on shares,” Ader wrote.

From Barron's

It’s an agreeably heartfelt reminder that children are powered by an imaginative daring and purity of bonding we’d be wise to nurture, not squelch, if we’re going to learn how to inhabit the increasingly uninhabitable.

From Los Angeles Times

My socks squelch with each step in my new boots, earning a string of cringes.

From Literature

I see now that I was being “optoomuchstic” in thinking I could squelch your natural curiosity and powers of deduction.

From Literature