Example sentences for: quash

How can you use “quash” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • George W. Bush tried to quash the parody site www.gwbush.com, saying infamously, "There ought to be limits to freedom."

  • The cover editorial says Russia is in surprisingly decent economic shape, but Yeltsin's infirmity could quash reforms and lead to "crony capitalism" or possibly even communism.

  • Rehnquist, who handles emergency matters for the Washington federal courts (and who, the papers note, is coming into town from Innsbruck, Austria, where he was teaching a summer course) is getting the case of what to do about subpoenas issued by Kenneth Starr to several members of President Clinton's Secret Service protective detail because yesterday a federal appeals court unanimously refused to quash them.

  • And the dailies all quote her lawyer's comment that she will testify if his attempts to quash the grand jury subpoena are unsuccessful.

  • When Communist dictator Josip Broz Tito took over in 1945, he attempted to quash Serbian nationalism . He preached that there was no room for ethnic differences in the class struggle.


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