tranquillizing
Example Sentences
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He wondered whether lithium could have the same tranquillizing effect on his patients.
From Nature ● Aug. 25, 2019
It was a matter on which Austin could not urge hope, though, for the sake of tranquillizing Florence, he might suggest it, for he believed that Mrs. Hunter was fading rapidly.
From A Life's Secret A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
Having a tranquillizing effect upon the nervous system, they are peculiarly adapted to cases of hypochondriasis, neuralgia, chorea, etc.
From Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France by J. H. Holdsworth
Very: but it's wonderful how, like a tranquillizing spirit, you appeared upon the scene.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
In small and repeated doses henbane has been found to have a tranquillizing effect upon persons affected by severe nervous irritability.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
