1 She was bien souffrante, and she was filled with vague dread, which only her husband's presence could allay.
2 Sam, with frantic ejaculations, made a dive at the reins, but only succeeded in brushing the blazing palm-leaf afore-named into the horse's eyes, which by no means tended to allay the confusion of his nerves.
3 At once he does his bidding; at once, for a god willed it, the Phoenicians allay their haughty temper; the queen above all takes to herself grace and compassion towards the Teucrians.
4 First in this grove did a strange chance meet his steps and allay his fears; first here did Aeneas dare to hope for safety and have fairer trust in his shattered fortunes.
5 He had to pretend to be drunk in order to allay the suspicions which might have been aroused by his appearance at the gate.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR 6 To allay it, I shall to-day search entire ship carefully from stem to stern.
7 Perhaps some inkling of this paradox, even in the unquiet days of the Bureau, helped the bayonets allay an opposition to human training which still to-day lies smouldering in the South, but not flaming.
8 The tumult of Elizabeth's mind was allayed by this conversation.
9 They were of sobering tendency; they allayed agitation; they composed, and consequently must make her happier.
10 This furious music allayed his dread and, leaning against the windowledge, he let his eyelids close again.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 2 11 But the fever, allayed for an instant, gradually resumed possession of him.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL 12 Look at his head; them high forrads allays shows calculatin niggers, that'll do any kind o thing.
13 "I've been allays used to horses," said Tom.
14 Then his heaving breast allays its anger, and he says no more; but marvelling at the awful gift, the fated rod so long unseen, he steers in his dusky vessel and draws to shore.
15 The sad quiet grey-blue glow of the dying day came through the window and the open door, covering over and allaying quietly a sudden instinct of remorse in Stephen's heart.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 4