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
I stop not, for I arrive; let thy preoccupation get calmed: 28.5 tranquillize thy heart: prepare not privations for him who offerest himself to eat.
From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius
The introductory dialogue does not tranquillize the poacher; instead, further intensifies his fears.
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
I was meditating thus, striving to tranquillize my spirit and to dissipate the doubts which you have succeeded in infusing into my mind, when Pepita and I encountered each other.
From Pepita Ximenez by Valera, Juan
With those blest guardians, Giles his course pursues, Till numbering his heavy-sided ewes, Surrounding stilness tranquillize his breast, And shape the dreams that wait his hours of rest.
From Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed by Taylor, Joseph
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