Example Sentences

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So when my friends started freaking out about A.I. coming to take our jobs, I self-soothed by fully participating in the fear fest.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023

For stretches of my adulthood, I have self-soothed by forgoing cooking dinner in favor of eating an entire bag of flavored kettle chips.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2019

But sleep — how much our children, and by extension we, get; whether it’s continuous or interrupted, light or deep, crying-induced or self-soothed — is a particularly of-the-moment obsession, particularly among well-off parents.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018