- present participle of soothe.
soothing
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Like any good advertising, it worked best when soothing our anxieties and tapping into our fantasies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
It’s a conclusion as chilling as it is strangely soothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In another 2013 study, Swedish researchers found that singing has a biologically soothing effect, especially on cardiovascular function.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
For the uninitiated, a sound bath is where a practitioner plays crystal or Tibetan sound bowls, gongs and chimes in a soothing way.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It was soothing, somehow, to the feelings to find myself dissociated even in the mind of this poor madman from the others; but all the same I do not follow his thought.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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