assuage
verb (used with object)
assuages
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present tense formof assuage (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Tuesday's move assuages what had been growing frustration at the lack of a big picture vision from the Labour government.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
Squirreling the creature home in her backpack, she assuages its hissing-and-squawking terror with some simple nursing, then decides the right thing to do is reunite her new friend with its family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
What she notices about pizza is that pizza “is like a smiling face: It assuages the fear of complexity by showing everything on its surface.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
Having Castillo atop the rotation certainly assuages many of those feelings.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
It is "living among real possessions of his own" which calms the child, and assuages those desires which consume his precious powers in the vanity of illusion.
From Spontaneous Activity in Education by Maria Montessori
