But Gardenhire said his desire to call up reinforcements was "squelched" by the front office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV] Reference

If the debate here were "squelched", then all opinions that were counter to the one would be removed.    From Wordnik.com.  [BlueOregon] Reference

Seward he would have "squelched" it there also, it never occurred to him to breathe a word against Pryor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862] Reference

Tossie called, and he squelched his way over to us.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Say Nothing of the Dog]

"I know why the debate was squelched," I said dully.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagittarius Whorl]

Have squelched their schemes, and dashed their pride.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891] Reference

Her tone should have squelched Patience, but it didn't.    From Wordnik.com.  [The S. W. F. Club] Reference

Some matches were immediately squelched by muddy water.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Killing Hour]

At this point, does that look like it could be squelched?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2003] Reference

There was no autopsy, and the investigation was squelched.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2007] Reference

Across the square squelched zu Pfeiffer to the orderly room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Witch-Doctors] Reference

I squelched all impulse to curiosity, and returned to my desk.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moor]

The dry rice rustled around us and the mud squelched and rose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quiet American]

There was a puddly yard, squelched with the feet of cow beasts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference

We would be enraged, and would ensure that the effort was squelched.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Russia’s Power Play] Reference

She squelched a treacherous desire to curl her fingers through them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thief Of Hearts]

The military government squelched those nationwide protests by force.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2007] Reference

The Clintons had squelched a story that could have proved politically fatal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Road To A Subpoena] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They squelched the report, and they carried on as normal.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2006] Reference

Any instances or problems that have arised have been squelched very quickly.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2002] Reference

It ran out of his gloved finger-tips and squelched and spurted in his shoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Killer Dolphin]

 The city is blockaded and all comms are squelched at the metro interchange.    From Wordnik.com.  [Better Alive Than Dead] Reference

You would think the company's recent performance would have squelched such talk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Defending Big Blue] Reference

Ming looked at the staring faces around the table and squelched a surge of anger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Typhoon Season]

I squelched my way up the flight of worn steps over the moat and pressed the bell.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Satan Bug]

The message is that traditional viewpoints have been unfairly squelched at Harvard.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Battle Over 'Correct Thinking' At Harvard] Reference

"It's quite classical, mother -- so the Captain said when I got squelched with it.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel] Reference

A 100th per cent tax on some people's patriotism might have squelched it altogether.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference

Mitch sat up in his chair and squelched the urge to climb over there and choke the guy.    From Wordnik.com.  [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]

Slapping Strongfist's arm, inclining his head to Annais, the knight squelched on his way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Falcons of Montabard]

It restores the leasing for Western oil shale that the Obama administration has squelched.    From Wordnik.com.  [A GOP Energy Alternative] Reference

This effectively squelched whatever appetite for chicken lingered in the metropolitan area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Murder to Go]

His feet squelched on the semi-frozen mud around the flagstones, and he peered over the rim.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dreaming Void]

Spending caps, enacted in 1990 and 1993, have squelched the growth of discretionary programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics: Fable Vs. Fact] Reference

The unappreciated serenader appeared squelched by this threat, for complete silence followed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spanish Chest] Reference

Her right foot squelched with every step, probably making more mess than had it remained shod.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boiling a Frog]

Weiramon's boots squelched in the mud as he stepped nearer, and his voice took on a confiding tone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path of Daggers]

But the awful June unemployment figures squelched that and it is now, once again, Tension City in Bushland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush: Back In Tension City] Reference