Example Sentences

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It remains to be seen if Europe’s desire to help only after the conflict is over will assuage the American president.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

It remains to be seen whether this will assuage investor concerns.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

"Your loss is immense and I understand that there is no sentence that I can pass that will assuage or even lessen the anguish that you feel."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

Sue Mi Terry of the Wilson Center think tank said how the North Korean threat evolves will in large part determine whether the declaration will assuage South Korean concerns.

From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2023

There are the weeping, whose tears she will dry; the poor, whose hunger she will assuage; the unhappy, to whom she will bring consolation; the sick and dying, with whom she will pray.

From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)