soothing

Example Sentences

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Tom has a more pressing motive than soothing petulance over illustrations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

You might be tempted, with every faraway look in Christian Petzold’s subtly moving “Miroirs No. 3,” to hope for that soothing, enlightened release so often served as catharsis in tales of loss and healing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

"The atmosphere is friendly here, almost soothing," he said of the private prosthetics workshop in Vsevolozhsk, outside Russia's second-largest city.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

She adds that it's best to see them as a "soothing tool".

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

He went from fungus to fungus, gathering, soothing, sticking the stems back in the dirt.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman