tranquillize
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In common with Kapadia’s last movie, “Senna,” a race through the life and lap times of the Brazilian Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna, there is no narrator to link the images and tranquillize the mood.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 1, 2015
Her presence never failed to soothe, tranquillize, and encourage him.
From The Delafield Affair by Kelly, Florence Finch
"Entirely," replied Bernard de Rohan; "but it is natural, when one aids a lady in scenes like these, to wish to speak with her, to sooth and tranquillize her."
From Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
What a heap of roubles it would take to tranquillize him!
From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel
Inexpressibly touched by this outburst of grief in one to whose nature such weakness was so foreign, Herrera did his utmost to console and tranquillize his friend.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
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