tranquillize
Britishverb
Other Word Forms
- tranquillization noun
Example Sentences
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In common with Kapadia’s last movie, “Senna,” a race through the life and lap times of the Brazilian Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna, there is no narrator to link the images and tranquillize the mood.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 1, 2015
With those blest guardians, Giles his course pursues, Till numbering his heavy-sided ewes, Surrounding stilness tranquillize his breast, And shape the dreams that wait his hours of rest.
From Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed by Taylor, Joseph
Occasionally, he sought society, but it failed to enliven him, and he then tried to tranquillize his mind by writing poems in the language he was elaborating.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George
She took a secret pinch of snuff, to tranquillize her nerves, and looked at the jacket with a glance signifying, "I have done with you at last."
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. by Auerbach, Berthold
From the tangle of daily living with its conflict of interests and its burden of practical needs, the appreciator turns to art with its power to chasten and to tranquillize.
From The Enjoyment of Art by Noyes, Carleton Eldredge
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