set at ease
Example Sentences
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The relatively short break for the members, however, has set at ease investors and fans alike.
From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2022
His mind, we are told, was now set at ease with regard to Southern affairs; his spirits, so long jaded by his harassing tramps about the Carolinas, were again lifted up by his augmented strength.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
In about four weeks, the Clavering family was set at ease by a letter from Sam himself, dated Havana.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
However, when she had gone with her brother and her nephew to the estate, her mind was soon set at ease.
From Liza "A nest of nobles" by Ralston, William Ralston Shedden
The minds therefore which they set at ease, are only those of impenitent criminals and malefactors, and which, to the good of mankind, should be in perpetual terror and alarm.
From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various
