calmative
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- uncalmative adjective
Etymology
Origin of calmative
Example Sentences
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Omniscient as Sherlock Holmes and calmative as Candida, Constance knows all about it and does not wish to be told.
From Time Magazine Archive
No calmative of sleep or sage Will cure the fever to be free.
From Reynard the Fox by Masefield, John
The Turkish bath is a calmative to the nervous and the vascular systems, and therefore of great utility in cases of sleeplessness.
From Turkish and Other Baths A Guide to Good Health and Longevity by Stables, Gordon
I states ag'in," he retorted, puffing a calmative cloud the while, "I states ag'in: Thar's no sooperstition ridin' the ranges of my breast.
From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry
Whatever comfort may lurk in curses, at least they carry no money profit; so after a fruitless session over coffee and maledictions, I arose, and as a calmative, walked down Broadway.
From The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 by Lewis, Alfred Henry
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