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
At first the descendant of the great King reddened with indignation, then, tranquillizing himself instantly, he calmly replied: "It is fortunate, Sir, that the rage of the people spends itself on inanimate objects."
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
The tranquillizing, satisfying power of art is due to the revelation which art accomplishes of a spiritual harmony which transcends the seeming chaos of instant experience.
From The Enjoyment of Art by Carleton Eldredge Noyes
In this declaration there was a sort of tranquillizing influence which Sonnenkamp himself felt.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
Nor was it on Clapham Pond and at Portsmouth alone that Franklin, when in England, tested the tranquillizing properties of oil.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
