Example sentences for: quashing

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

  • Hence ebonics was seen by the American public at large as a declaration of independence in need of quashing, an internal threat, a wild mistake, while American English, itself a partly revolutionary, postcolonial product, is seen as simply "the way things are" (that is, unless you're Prince Charles).

  • The military support never came, and as his troops fled the city after quashing the insurgency, Hitler ordered them to raze Warsaw building-by-building and thereby annihilate important monuments of Polish culture.

  • The NYT points out that the administration suppression of the China satellite deal reverses its years-long policy of promoting such commercial sales, making it likely that China will interpret the quashing of this transaction as a fundamental retreat from U.S. policy encouraging expanded economic relations.

  • The opening "Comment" claims that Rupert Murdoch's quashing of former Hong Kong Gov.

  • Despite evidence that Clinton could win a court victory quashing the subpoena, White House officials fear that any attempt to fight it might cost them support from congressional Democrats.


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