Soothing

Examples

• Imagination,' said the gentleman, soothing her. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Some times, when her uncle's easy way of taking things did not happen to be exasperating, it was rather soothing. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You make one bite your head off, when one wants to be soothing beyond everything. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Its grandeur-- its treasure of paintings, its magnificent halls were objects soothing and even exhilarating. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• My brother was one of the founders, and I have myself found it a very soothing atmosphere. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• To Archer's strained nerves the vision was as soothing as the sight of the blue sky and the lazy river. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The British Ministry of Reconstruction and its foreign equivalents were exposed as a soothing sham. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I never thought you had told us anything but the truth,' said Rose, soothing him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She went with Hermione along the bank of the pond, talking of beautiful, soothing things, picking the gentle cowslips. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I've no objection, was Meg's equally soothing remark. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He does not say so, but I can read it from his soothing answers and averted eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I have a slight headache and this room is deliciously cool and soothing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I believe it was an inspiration rather than a temptation: it was very genial, very soothing--I know that. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• With one of these in his fingers, Sam approached the colt, stroked and patted, and seemed apparently busy in soothing his agitation. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Then suddenly another sound became audible--a very gentle, soothing sound, like that of a small jet of steam escaping continually from a kettle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• As he spoke in this soothing tone, he laid his hand on the knight's bridle, as if to lead him back to his station. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Nancy, my dear,' said the Jew in a soothing manner, 'what do YOU say? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Of course he could not feel real anger on his side: the match was too unequal in every way; he tried soothing and coaxing. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• To my mind it is most exhilarating, and strengthening, and soothing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Those little eyes never opened, in the morning light, without falling on something which suggested to the heart soothing and beautiful thoughts. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She was the weaker then, and Beth tried to comfort and sustain her, with her arms about her and the soothing words she whispered in her ear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You have no business to be incorrigible, was his friend's answer, delivered in no very soothing tone. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The true religion, properly administered, as the good Mother Church used to administer it, is very, very soothing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Their melancholy is soothing, and their joy elevating to a degree I never experienced in studying the authors of any other country. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Light, he said, in that delightfully confidential tone which is so soothing to an invalid, is the first essential. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And our friend was soothing her anguish,' said Mr. Winkle, rather maliciously. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• For the will of man is omnipotent, blunting the arrows of death, soothing the bed of disease, and wiping away the tears of agony. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This imagination was dreadful in itself, but soothing, inasmuch as it supposed the safety of my friends. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Their regular breathing rose and fell in a soothing rhythm that seemed to me the sweetest music I ever had heard. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• And so, under pretence of softening the previous outrage, of stroking and soothing me into placidity, you stick a sly penknife under my ear! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Typed by Clarissa