"quickly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Maybe he'd just met his soulmate - but he quickly smothered the thought.
- But the thought was quickly smothered when he saw the masked figure approach in the dim light.
- Several small fires broke out, quickly smothered by surrounding plants.
- She only survived because her maid quickly smothered the flames.
- And those were swept away, with only one choked cry, quickly smothered, to mark the change of guard.
- Then he grinned maliciously, because from behind the closed door there had come a sound like a quickly smothered cry.
- Whitney pulled the cloth away in time to see her aunt quickly smother a frown.
- Hecklers had the first word, but cheers quickly smothered the razzing.
- The conflict was quickly smothered by the galactic community, but the reputation and bitterness persist until the events of the games.
- His initial thrill at becoming whole again was quickly smothered by the echoes of pain and suffering that accompanied the return.
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