tranquillizing
Example Sentences
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He wondered whether lithium could have the same tranquillizing effect on his patients.
From Nature ● Aug. 25, 2019
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 Wood, Mrs. Henry
Whether Ieyasu appreciated that fact or whether he ignored it in consideration of the civilizing and tranquillizing influences of Confucianism, there is nothing to show.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
He was simply a "benevolent despot," intent upon tranquillizing and rehabilitating that vast eastern province of Cuba by methods of his own devising.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
The cheerful clink of the anvil broke forth with tranquillizing effect.
From The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Garland, Hamlin
