tonic
Example Sentences
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Still, for those who complain that movies are too pat and formulaic, “Marty Supreme” is mostly a bracing tonic—pungent, wild and weird.
The outlook, a good tonic for our dangerously fractious times, is worth recovering.
But numerous online shoppers post product reviews that go further, referring to it as a tonic.
From Salon
One seller was found promoting them as a tonic for mothers who have just given birth and as a medicine for combating coughs.
From BBC
It was a good tonic for McVay, who said he became ill after it ran through his family, from his young son to his wife before it finally hit him Friday night.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
