REASSURE in a Sentence

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You have been ill, very ill, and even the constant letters of dear kind Henry are not sufficient to reassure me on your account.

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 Meanings and Examples of REASSURE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reassure
 v.  comfort someone and stop them from worrying; cause to feel sure or certain
Classic Sentence: (115 in 8 pages)
1  You have been ill, very ill, and even the constant letters of dear kind Henry are not sufficient to reassure me on your account.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  My dear father, reassure yourself.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
3  This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  I wanted to go into the room where he lay and reassure him: "I'll get somebody for you, Gatsby."
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  He saw already from her loving, truthful face, that nothing could come of what he had meant to say, but yet he wanted her to reassure him herself.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 2
6  He saw her swollen face, sometimes bewildered and in agony, sometimes smiling and trying to reassure him.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 14
7  Let our readers reassure themselves.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 11 IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
8  D'Artagnan raised her by passing his arm round her waist; but as he felt by her weight she was on the point of fainting, he made haste to reassure her by protestations of devotedness.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 11 IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
9  And yet he said, to reassure himself, that this pavilion perhaps had nothing in common with Mme.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 24 THE PAVILION
10  Then d'Artagnan ceased knocking, and prayed with an accent so full of anxiety and promises, terror and cajolery, that his voice was of a nature to reassure the most fearful.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 24 THE PAVILION
11  The queen was ignorant where the mercer's young wife was, but had promised to have her sought for; but this promise was very vague and did not at all reassure d'Artagnan.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
12  Anna Mikhaylovna saw that he was afraid of finding in her a rival for Count Bezukhov's fortune, and hastened to reassure him.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV
13  "However, there will hardly be an engagement today," said Bagration as if to reassure Prince Andrew.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XV
14  He not only showed no sign of constraint or self-reproach on account of his outburst that morning, but, on the contrary, tried to reassure Balashev.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER VII
15  Always the family clustered about him, always Melanie was by his side, touching his sleeve now and again to reassure herself he was really there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
Example Sentence:
1  Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me.
2  I tried to reassure her, "Don't worry about it.
3  It needed a compromise, a plan that would reassure the business community that it isn't abandoning economic reform even if the pace is slower.
4  The child psychiatrist reassured Mrs. Keaton that playing doctor was not atypical behavior for a child of young Alex's age.
5  The police reassured her about her child's safety.
6  Immediately, Daniel cut in on Joanne's attempts at reassurance.
7  Parents are looking for reassurance about their children's safety.
8  Potential investors want reassurance that your market is sizable and that you comprehend the opportunities and limitations of the market.
9  It was reassuring to hear John's familiar voice.
10  He was constantly reassuring himself that he had acted for the best.
11  It's reassuring that we've got the money if necessary.
12  He replied, with a reassuring smile, "Oh, you don't need to worry about them.
13  He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder.
14  But it says that the fact there have been no reports so far of anyone handling the virus becoming ill is reassuring and that the risk of a pandemic is very low.
15  Such a statement might discomfit the haters in the Democratic base, but it could go a long way to reassuring the voters that the candidates are thinking about the good of America above all.