soothe

They were desperate, and all you could do was to soothe and calm; in every call you tried to get their story, to get them talking.

He did not speak words meant to soothe a “fundamentalist” audience.

So she finds ways to self-soothe through pleasure and play, and also by figuring out what makes her father happy.

“To get up and soothe is not my inclination,” says a defiant Romney.

Working hard to turn heads and soothe nerves is Osmel Sousa.

In those dim aisles and mighty halls brooded a Presence that he knew could soothe and comfort.

And Mrs. Haggard, after attempting to soothe the wounded feelings of her maid, directed her to accompany them.

She did not respond; she did not attempt to soothe him; if ever looks expressed reproach and aversion, hers did then.

William omitted nothing that a brother could have done to soothe and conciliate a brother.

Nothing else can soothe the wounded feelings as well as a tender embrace or a word from mother.