salve

Example Sentences

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In “Who Needs Friends,” McCarthy offers no full-safe salve for the loneliness of men — after all, who can?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Cheaper money is always a salve for the economy.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

The heroism by a Muslim immigrant has been a salve to intercommunal wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Brazil is also a major source of beef exports to the U.S., a salve at a time when meat prices are driving inflation.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2025

Dorothy, who grew up without grandparents, basked in the stability and warmth of the extended Vaughan family, but loving in-laws could provide only so much salve for a missing husband’s companionship.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly