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

"Exactly what I name it," I replied, set at ease by his prompt decision.

From Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France by Parrish, Randall

Would that the Doctor had been alive to be set at ease on this point by our explanations—but he is dead.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various

Captain Davenant's mind had been set at ease by the receipt of a letter, which Mrs. Davenant had sent him by one of the men of the village.

From Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Radwalader's smooth assumption of an indefinite kind of laxity, set at ease rather than aroused Mrs. Carnby's suspicions of him.

From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore