tonic

Example Sentences

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The outlook, a good tonic for our dangerously fractious times, is worth recovering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

One seller was found promoting them as a tonic for mothers who have just given birth and as a medicine for combating coughs.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

It was a good tonic for McVay, who said he became ill after it ran through his family, from his young son to his wife before it finally hit him Friday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

A Federal Reserve speaker a day is keeping the selloff away and seems to be the perfect tonic for jittery markets.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

Hearing familiar, friendly voices was an extraordinary tonic; Harry had become so used to their isolation he had nearly forgotten that other people were resisting Voldemort.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling