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
The introductory dialogue does not tranquillize the poacher; instead, further intensifies his fears.
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
What a heap of roubles it would take to tranquillize him!
From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel
"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)
All these things, combine to tranquillize passion at thirty.
From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold
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