SOOTHE in a Sentence

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For SOOTHE, below is one of 191 sentences:
Elinor perceived with alarm that she was not quite herself, and, while attempting to soothe her, eagerly felt her pulse.

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 Meanings and Examples of SOOTHE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
soothe
 v.  cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
Classic Sentence: (177 in 12 pages)
1  Pardon this gush of sorrow; these ineffectual words are but a slight tribute to the unexampled worth of Henry, but they soothe my heart, overflowing with the anguish which his remembrance creates.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
2  Elizabeth alone had the power to draw me from these fits; her gentle voice would soothe me when transported by passion and inspire me with human feelings when sunk in torpor.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
3  He endeavoured to soothe me as a nurse does a child and reverted to my tale as the effects of delirium.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
4  Elinor perceived with alarm that she was not quite herself, and, while attempting to soothe her, eagerly felt her pulse.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43
5  Here ceased the rapid flow of her self-reproving spirit; and Elinor, impatient to soothe, though too honest to flatter, gave her instantly that praise and support which her frankness and her contrition so well deserved.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 46
6  I was liberally paid for my old attendance here," I said, to soothe her, "in being apprenticed, and I have asked these questions only for my own information.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIV
7  Again Rosa Dartle tried to soothe her; again ineffectually.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
8  The excited mare, trying to shake off her rider first on one side and then the other, pulled at the reins, and Vronsky tried in vain with voice and hand to soothe her.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 24
9  "I understand, I understand," he interrupted her, taking the letter, but not reading it, and trying to soothe her.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 22
10  He began to speak, trying to find words not to dissuade but simply to soothe her.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 16
11  No one, neither his brother nor Kitty, could soothe him.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 20
12  Kartasov, a fat, bald man, was continually looking round at Anna, while he attempted to soothe his wife.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 33
13  It was a long while before Levin could soothe his wife.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 11
14  That comes of having big blue eyes and loving music, said Jo, trying to soothe Beth, who trembled and looked more excited than she had ever been before.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIX
15  Shrouded in a thick veil and armed with a genteel traveling basket, she departed, feeling that a cool drive would soothe her ruffled spirit and fit her for the labors of the day.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Example Sentence:
1  A glass of whiskey will soothe you.
2  Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.
3  Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.
4  Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
5  This state of things should have been to me a paradise of peace; but, in fact, my racked nerves were now in such a state that no calm could soothe, and no pleasure excites them agreeably.
6  My racked nerves were now in such a state that no calm could soothe, and no pleasures excite them agreeably.
7  And so, under pretence of softening the previous outrage, of stroking and soothing me into placidity, you stick a sly penknife under my ear!
8  They hung a plug-in chandelier from a hook in the ceiling, and created a soothing eating area away from the kitchen.
9  "Well, perhaps not," said Alice in a soothing tone:
10  His voice was deep and mellow and his speech had a soothing and comforting quality.
11  I put on some nice soothing music.
12  Millions of users of Amazon's Echo speakers have grown accustomed to the soothing strains of Alexa, the human-sounding virtual assistant.
13  After his vacation in this placid section, he felt soothed and rested.
14  Lucy soothed the baby by rocking it in her arms.