Example Sentences

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The ASA found the company made a host of claims about its "Mindful Blend" range having "viral ingredients", that were "calming".

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

The European results were calming, and you see some progress with two or three players who could work for the player trading model.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

“We were scheduled to start working with a family therapist in California in mid-January. I thought things were calming down and were going to move forward in a more amicable, respectful fashion,” Wilde stated.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Rather, his writings and speeches, even at the height of wartime, were calming and pacifying, tamping down excitement, infused with humane sympathy even for the country’s enemies.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2020

Papa cut him short then, but I could not hear much of what he said, because he spoke in low, soothing tones, as though he were calming Ade down.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie