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 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
Such a day was that which succeeded the night through which we had just passed, and it came most opportunely to soothe the spirits, tranquillize the apprehensions, and afford a moment for sober reflection.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
It would make Macduff fall into the arms of Macbeth; it would tranquillize the Kilkenny cats themselves!
From Robinetta by McAulay, Allan
It is less than a moral virtue, then, since it does not tranquillize the lower appetites.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
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