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
From the tangle of daily living with its conflict of interests and its burden of practical needs, the appreciator turns to art with its power to chasten and to tranquillize.
From The Enjoyment of Art by Noyes, Carleton Eldredge
My only consolation is in writing to you, my dear brother; I am surrounded by so many atrocities that I need all your friendship to tranquillize my mind....
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
The introductory dialogue does not tranquillize the poacher; instead, further intensifies his fears.
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
It is shaped and set to stand and abide where men consort, to unify their minds, and tranquillize their strifes.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
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