Milly was none the less, at the sharpest crisis, a little sorry for her; she could of necessity extract from the odd scene so comparatively little of a soothing secret.
He was softly amused at her account of her courage; though he yet showed it somehow without soothing her too grossly.
Soothing oil had been poured upon stormy waves; one smile from the prince sufficed for the reconciliation of metaphysics and natural science.
Like music, mathematics had ever for him a soothing influence; and to-night, they brought him the hoped-for consolation.
I began again cautiously, taking care to speak withsoothing mellowness.
Not at all," I assured her, with soothing generosity.
The pain of the wound, yielding to the soothing influence of the dressing, which met the heated blood with a refreshing coolness, had materially abated, but still the cavalier could not dispose himself to sleep.
There was little mitigation of the first sentence in this; but the assurance that she might bear her father company, and, whenever she felt inclined, share the discomforts of his prison, was not without a soothing influence.
Ester did not know that this was the soothing lullaby of the old Serpent.
This said Abbie in the softest, most soothing of tones.
The long, warm, busy day moved on; and the overworked and wearied mother found time to toil up two flights of stairs in search of her young daughter, in the hope of soothing and helping her; but Julia was in no mood to be helped.
In all cases feed should be given in small amounts and should be of the most soothing description, as oatmeal gruel, flaxseed tea, hay tea, fresh grass, or rice water.
Indeed, the prescription of warm fomentations, soothing applications, and astringent and resolvent mixtures, in a majority of cases, is the first that occurs all through the list.
These act not only by soothing and relieving the spasm and inflammation, but they also favor the freer secretion of a more watery urine, and thus tend to carry off the smaller calculi.
Apply soothing ointments, such as benzonated oxid of zinc, or vaseline with 1 dram oxid of zinc in each ounce.
Though without the slightest pretensions to a song, there is something soothing in their call, pleasantly suggestive of woodland glades and deep shady dells.
His song is but a few bars repeated, yet it has a pleasing and soothing effect in the drowsy warmth of summer.
There is an indescribably soothinginfluence exercised by a river in the soft mood which characterises the Thames throughout.
But the battered old men have done with fighting now; they have come here to nurse their wounds and aches, and the prevailing sentiment is, as it should be, a blessed and a soothing calm.
The release was intended as a tribute to justice, as a soothing balm and an atoning sacrifice to his own outraged sense of justice.
Before this final step, however, which was an insult to the true courage of the soul and an outrage upon all the charities of the heart, he resolved to apply a soothing salve to wounded conscience.
If I scratched my arm, she would fly for a soothing lotion, and help healing with soft words.
They were "bedevilled" by the most intellect-deadening of all the opiates, the Soothing Syrup of Popularity.
Jackeymo again struck the spark, and, wonderfully relieved at the padrone's return to the habitual adviser, mentally besought his sainted namesake to bestow a double portion ofsoothing wisdom on the benignant influences of the weed.
With that sententious maxim, which, indeed, he uttered in his native Italian, Riccabocca turned round and renewed his soothing invitations to confidence.
She couched the rejection, it is true, in the most soothing terms.
Well,” said her brother in a soothing tone, “it is a change.
Many come again and again, for the mysterious and soothing effect she exerts upon them.
It did not charm him, but in a dim way he felt it, was faintly aware of a soothing influence which touched him like a cool hand.
The light from these candles and from the fire made a delicate and soothing radiance in the room, which was plainly furnished, and almost somber in color.
It is the perfection of policy to tame the fierce spirit of popular liberty, not by blows or by chains, but by soothingit into a voluntary obedience, and bringing it to lick the hand that restrains it.
How did you gain the affection of the people of Athens but by soothing their ruling passion--the desire of hearing their superiors abused?
I trusted too much to the integrity and the purity of my intentions, without using those arts that are necessary to allay the ferment of factions and allure men to their duty by soothing their passions.
He went at first to the old lime alley, whose pale emanations were verily for his spirit what an infusion of their leaves is for the body, a sort of very weak panacea, a kindly and soothing sedative.
Unfortunately, Durtal had read so much, and was so saturated with the Gospels, that he had temporarily exhausted their sedative and soothing virtues.
Her soft hands suggested the perpetual stroking and soothing of his literary vanity, her face the perpetual blowing of an angelic trumpet in his praise.
For the lady had a curiously soothing and subduing effect on the small man.
There was something infinitely soothing in the society of a woman who knew nothing and cared nothing about his fame.
You're doing too much, you know," he said, soothing her.
There must have been something soothing in the act with its level, facile fluency.
The advantages of the woodshed were many: it was cool and dark, the stacked wood had a soothing odor and a neat, restful appearance, and one was more or less forgotten there.
The petty nature of his troubles prevented Birotteau, always effusive and liking to be pitied and consoled, from enjoying thesoothing pleasure of taking his friends into his confidence,--a last but cruel aggravation of his misery.
My good fellow," said Giroudeau in a soothing and humble tone, "this is the gallant cavalry officer of the Imperial Guard of whom I spoke to you.
It must be soothing to her that his rare worth is now fully acknowledged and gratefully felt by the whole nation.
She said this when she first heard of her mother's death; and no reasonings from the zealous pastor of the district, no soothing from her mistress, could shake her persuasion.
To anyone who is capable of appreciating the beauties of Nature in the slightest degree, there must be somethingsoothing and elevating in constantly being brought face to face with Nature in all her varying charms.
We were sceptical at first, but were subsequently astonished at the soothing effects of this novel panacea for wasp-stings.
Why, the only way they're getting away with this booze thing now is because millions and millions of shattered nerves is solacing and soothing theirselves with tobacco.
Yes, sir, Ed says, it is one of them foreign things, and how about a milk punch, it is sometimes soothing when a person has smoked too much.
The poor boy burst into a flood of tears, and buried his head beneath the arm of his uncle, who spake most kindly unto him, and tried to quiet him with soothing words.
How she howled and chattered like a mad creature, and Hazel, like the dear forgiving angel that she hath ever been, comforted this old woman with soft, soothing words, and at last succeeded in quieting her.
Lauzun attacked this delicate subject and did not hesitate to speak unpleasant truths before offering the soothing balm held in reserve.
Every one began to laugh, in spite of etiquette; when there appeared a large dish of chicken cutlets, also sent from Landrecies, which was eaten with avidity, soothing the injured feelings of the Queen.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "soothing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
