tranquillizing
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He wondered whether lithium could have the same tranquillizing effect on his patients.
From Nature ● Aug. 25, 2019
These words of kindness, far from tranquillizing the mind of Theodora, served but to increase its agitation.
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío
The plain had its usual aspect, but to him it appeared more beautiful, more tranquillizing, like a frowning face which unbends and smiles.
From The Cabin [La barraca] by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez
It was a matter on which Austin could not urge hope, though, for the sake of tranquillizing Florence, he might suggest it, for he believed that Mrs. Hunter was fading rapidly.
From A Life's Secret A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
The first tranquillizing influence I found was in the statue gallery, with its figures from another world, so silent, so unchanging.
From Waldfried A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
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