soothe

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Recent Examples of soothe Elderly patients deserve products that soothe without overwhelming. Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025 Ginger Can Support Overall Digestive Health Beyond soothing an upset stomach, ginger may also support overall digestive health. Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2025 Making the most of retinol’s benefits are soothing cypress leaf, a skin barrier-supporting growth factor, and a patented Lacto-Exosome, which targets elasticity. Deanna Pai, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2025 Think of visual art as a toolkit to soothe the mind and spirit. Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soothe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soothe
Verb
  • While workers are hand-wringing at the prospect of an algorithm taking their job, bosses are reassuring workers that AI is just like any other technological revolution.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • After news hit of Ozer’s Safehaven embezzlement indictment in 2024, Ozer spent months reassuring folks that the charges were all going to go away.
    Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If curating a regular and calming wind-down routine each night is not helping, talk to your doctor.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Other Democrats from Milwaukee have proposed $60 million in state grants for traffic calming infrastructure.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lower policy rates relieve pressure on floating-rate borrowers and can compress credit spreads before earnings estimates move.
    Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Beijing would be relieved that the United States is no longer muddying and in fact strengthening its nonsupport for independence.
    STEPHEN WERTHEIM, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The shutdown was assured to continue into the next week.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Vance said he was assured the 25-24 vote in the Israeli Knesset was purely symbolic.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At night, Umm Ahmad sang to you while the waters flowed through the meandering fields and formed a sweet, lulling sound around the village.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Platforms had lulled users into complacent dependency, then sealed off the exits, revealing themselves as extractive monopolies.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In deeply unequal ways, the new era of networked industrialization and electrification began to alleviate the conditions of scarcity that had rendered many communities so vulnerable to the climatic disruptions of the LIA.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Many analysts had speculated Milei would, once the election was out of the way, tilt toward a floating currency — alleviating pressure on the nation’s trade position.
    Daniel Flatley, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gooey butter cake is beloved for its, well, gooey texture and warm, comforting flavors that are decadent but not fussy or overwhelming.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Both broke down in tears after Ali’s rejection and were comforted by their families.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the Greek historian Herodotus, who composed his glorious amalgamation of legend and fact in the fourth-century BC, Helen never even reached Troy because Paris’s ship was blown off course.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • From the mood boards, Nguyen and Gottlieb create renderings for costumes composed of three looks for Roan to peel off, one one after the other, during a performance.
    Katie Weisman, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Soothe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soothe. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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