Example Sentences

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The amused smile which Mr. Pyecroft had worn when he had entered, and which he had subdued to thoughtful sobriety while "Wormwood" was assuaging the invalid's tribulations, began now to reappear.

From No. 13 Washington Square by Scott, Leroy

I am well persuaded that my immersion in the stream was assuaging; and gamesters hereafter, or the faculty themselves, may, if they please, profit by the experiment.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas

Shelley was doing his best to make two adoring young creatures happy: he was regarding the one with affectionate consideration by mail, and he was assuaging the other one at home.

From In Defence of Harriet Shelley by Twain, Mark