balm
Example Sentences
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By Sunday, it becomes something quieter: nourishment for the week ahead, a small, steadying balm against the Sunday scaries.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
Coover’s book is about baseball, but it is really about the escape that baseball—and any other would-be balm to a difficult present—can provide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
All of that access can feel like a balm for the ever-embattled press, a deserved return to pride of place.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026
Spending time in the company of a man who has been at the heart of British literary culture for nearly 50 years is balm for the soul.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
The bees were everywhere, hovering over the hydrangea and the myrtle spread across the lawn, the jasmine at the wood’s edge, the lemon balm clustered at the fence.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Vocabulary lists containing balm
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