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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of soothe.

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Examples

  • People who thus love conceive the object of their affection to be desirable only in so far as it arouses in them that pleasurable sensation of which the consciousness and the expression soothes the senses.

    Youth 2003

  • People who thus love conceive the object of their affection to be desirable only in so far as it arouses in them that pleasurable sensation of which the consciousness and the expression soothes the senses.

    Youth Leo Tolstoy 1869

  • Frequent repetition of his name often soothes him, like an incantation to a peevish deity.

    Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004

  • Frequent repetition of his name often soothes him, like an incantation to a peevish deity.

    Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004

  • Frequent repetition of his name often soothes him, like an incantation to a peevish deity.

    Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004

  • This week, I'm writing about wastewater, wee-wee, piddle, poopie or whatever euphemism soothes your sensibilities.

    Edhat Santa Barbara 2010

  • A daily read of the site keeps me in touch and kind of soothes my jonesing for the country.

    An opportunity to be blatant! 2003

  • She had a delicate touch, and played soft music, such as soothes, not excites the soul.

    In Luck at Last Walter Besant 1868

  • It seems that that song always kind of soothes and comforts me after I've been riding far or anything bothers me. "

    Sixes and Sevens O. Henry 1886

  • And if it soothes a soul who barely knows her, imagine the effect it has on those she loves.

    Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011

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