balm
Example Sentences
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By Sunday, it becomes something quieter: nourishment for the week ahead, a small, steadying balm against the Sunday scaries.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
Coover’s book is about baseball, but it is really about the escape that baseball—and any other would-be balm to a difficult present—can provide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
This is primarily transmitted through close, direct skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, such as kissing or sharing items contaminated with saliva, like lip balm or cutlery, according to the World Health Organization.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
All of that access can feel like a balm for the ever-embattled press, a deserved return to pride of place.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026
By now Mamita has finished with the dishes, and she sits next to me on the other bed and hands me a cup of steaming lemon balm tea.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
Vocabulary lists containing balm
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