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Meanings of tranquillizing in English
Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
Synonyms
Examples for "sedative"
Examples for "sedative"
1
A sedative gave Bryce the best sleep he'd enjoyed in a year.
2
She also suggested they discuss whether a sedative is necessary during surgery.
3
The sedative that the doctor has given her begins to take effect.
4
The sedative influence had got him; the experiment was at an end.
5
Indica: Provides a relaxing and sedative effect that is ideal for night-time.
1
The captain, however, had no little difficulty in tranquillising the invalid lady.
2
Popo, more by signs than words, quickly succeeded in tranquillising the lad.
3
Among these tranquillising objects, it is my delight to walk and meditate.
4
And the tranquillising influences employed were morphia, croton oil, or a blister.
5
Instructions to the Earl of Sussex for tranquillising the North after the Insurrection.
1
She softened instantly, as if the words 'New York' had a tranquilizing effect.
2
She knew by experience the tranquilizing influence of giving him something to do.
3
The scene was tranquilizing; nevertheless the young man appeared out of harmony with it.
4
The scene was a maritime pastoral, picturesque and potentially tranquilizing-andyet I felt uneasy.
5
You will cry, and I, too; but our tears will be refreshing, tranquilizing tears.
1
Crack Dreams obviates the necessity for the titular narcotic with its tranquilising bleepscape.
2
The two talked about taking razor blades to her wrists or getting the tranquilising drug Klonopin.
3
How tranquilising it was!
4
Set your alarm for an early, pre-crowd visit for glimpses of the gardens' tranquilising harmonies of light and shade, and rock and water.
5
But what she did had a tranquilising effect; she seemed to enable life to win the victory over the insidious pranks of apparitions.
Usage of tranquillizing in English
1
The soothing and tranquillizing effect of the sitz is described as extraordinary:-
2
Madeleine's tranquillizing influence over others was one of her most remarkable traits.
3
The effect of this communication was the reverse of tranquillizing upon the patient.
4
But the beating of her heart grew faster in spite of that tranquillizing assurance.
5
Rachael said quickly, when the tranquillizing voice reached this point.
6
We thought it was only lawyers who believed in the tranquillizing effect of an injunction.
7
The tranquillizing finger of Sleep never touched his eyelids.
8
This rather meaningless placebo has a surprisingly tranquillizing effect on restless youth and nationalistic zealots.
9
Some tranquillizing influence seemed to have departed from him.
10
A highly oriental sight also, and far from tranquillizing!
11
A lake glitters in the plain beneath, and the whole scene is harmoniously bewitching and tranquillizing.
12
In the midst of this hubbub, the mother entered, and at once interposed her tranquillizing influence.
13
What followed seemed obviously restrained and modified by the effect of this unlooked-for and tranquillizing overture.
14
The king desires your counsel, your opinion as to the best means of tranquillizing these states.
15
From you I looked for a tranquillizing sedative, and you surprise me with a reanimating restorative.
16
This was rather a rough mode of tranquillizing public excitement, but seems to have been effectual.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Tranquillizing through the time