quiet fears
Example Sentences
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Oscar Jaime Rodriguez, owner of a boardinghouse that is the de facto base camp for climbers in the valley, sought to quiet fears.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2012
Still she attempted to quiet fears that her new government would strike back at those she claims have persecuted her.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though couched in the most general terms, it was well calculated to quiet fears that the new Bank of International Settlement will prove a dangerous competitor of other banks and bond houses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twice at press conferences he endeavored to quiet fears that labor strikes were now impeding or would soon impede defense progress.
From Time Magazine Archive
Horribly quiet fears had been stealing poisonously into his mind—a mind not given to timidities—and the word “melancholia” had assumed for him a morbid and irresistible compulsion.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford
