Sentence example with the word 'allay'

allay

abate, cloy, deaden the pain, engorge, jade, numb, placate, regale, slow down, stupe

Definition v. lessen the intensity of or calm

Last update: July 14, 2015


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My mother's consolation allayed doubts about my own abilities.   [Please select]

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Q: What has been done to allay the concerns of the OSCE with respect to the Law on NGOs?   [verb]

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More also needs to be done to allay parental fears over the risk of injury in rugby matches.   [verb]

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Lower down in the valley sprang a brooklet of which he knew, and hard by it grew various herbs and roots, with which he had often allayed his hunger.   [verb]

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As if to allay my wonder, he went on to say, 'We have seen his star in the east, and have come to worship him.'   [verb]

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Now she knew where he was in hiding-and she tried to laugh, for the pain she felt seemed too acute and burning for tears to allay or cool it.   [verb]

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How was the irritation allayed.   [verb]

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For the next few days the officers came late to bed, and Tristram and his companions could allay the irritation of their skins as they listed.   [verb]

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What qualifying considerations allayed his perturbations.   [verb]

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Oh, you petisenfans, allay cushay dormir.   [verb]

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He would have withdrawn from the feast had not the noise of voices allayed the smart.   [verb]

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