tranquillizing

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He wondered whether lithium could have the same tranquillizing effect on his patients.

From Nature • Aug. 25, 2019

I am never unoccupied, and time passes away in an easy, steady flow, which is very tranquillizing and soothing to me.

From A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Sheer persistence in the end proved tranquillizing, the woman ceased to toss and writhe continually, her communications became more lucid.

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph

Aunt Claudine, on the other hand, in spite of the difference of years, could be a young person's friend, and Manna felt the tranquillizing effect of this friendship.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold

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