assuage
Example Sentences
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In Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” Roy M. Cohn, trying to assuage an angry client he can’t get off the phone, offers theater tickets to a show he knows that this annoying rube will like.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Microsoft, which has a massive enterprise software business, needs to prove to shareholders that it’s attracting strong demand for its Copilot AI product to help assuage some of those fears.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
There is still stigma and misunderstanding around his illness, which he is keen to assuage.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The report served to assuage investor concerns following a selloff on Tuesday triggered by a flood of earnings from aerospace and defense companies.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
He was an old-timer and apparently had thought of a way to assuage his own irritating feelings of loss of control.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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