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Definition of Soothes
1. soothe [v] - See also: soothe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soothes
Literary usage of Soothes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... And tones the landscape down, and soothes the wearied eyes. nigh, There gleams
my native village, dear to me, Though higher change's waves each day are ..."
2. Comfort Found in Good Old Books by George Hamlin Fitch (1911)
"Comfort Found in Good Old Books Nothing soothes Grief Like Sterling Old Books—How
the Sudden Death of an Only Son Proved the Value of the Reading Habit. ..."
3. Comfort Found in Good Old Books by George Hamlin Fitch (1911)
"Comfort Found in Good Old Books Nothing soothes Grief Like Sterling Old Books—How
the Sudden Death of an Only Son Proved the Value of the Reading Habit. ..."
4. Pilgrimage in Europe and America, Leading to the Discovery of the Sources of by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"This national pride at once soothes his irritated feelings, and calms his gloomy
forebodings; he puts his sword into the scabbard;—or, to speak more ..."
5. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"... and this so soothes and refreshes all the inhabitants of the temple by its
agreeable softness, as if they were regaled with all kinds ..."
6. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... and this so soothes and refreshes all the inhabitants of the temple by its
agreeable softness, as if they were regaled with all kinds of dainty meats; ..."
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