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

So far from tranquillizing the Bohemian people, this led to an insurrection of the Hussites in that country, the first of a series of religious wars that inaugurated the break-up of Latin Christendom.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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

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)

After that demonstration of opposition at the North, but little more was said in debate of the tranquillizing character of the measure.

From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by Bartlett, D. W.