Sentence examples for cannot allay from inspiring English sources

You cannot persuade people by ridiculing them; you cannot allay their concerns by ignoring them.

In this skeptical climate, Armstrong cannot allay suspicion, even assuming he is clean.

Lapa offers an alternative to the slick, soulless clubs of the Zona Sul (or South Zone), whose anxiousness to convey international-style exclusivity cannot allay the nagging feeling that Rio's real action lies elsewhere.

A close look at some cases shows that the inquiries have created murky standoffs in which the F.B.I. cannot prove that the detainees are dangerous and the detainees cannot allay the F.B.I.'s suspicions.

Deasy cannot allay the concerns raised in a leaked draft report by the district's technology committee, headed by board member Monica Ratliff, simply by backtracking on his once wholehearted enthusiasm for the Apple-Pearson contract.

The other worry, which she cannot really allay, is that dynasties are unhealthy, and that this outweighs any benefit America might gain from electing its first female president.

But there are indeed fears of a longer-run rift within the alliance that cannot be allayed merely by denying their existence.This leaves Mr Hoon with three big jobs, which may be incompatible: preserving Britain's special defence relationship with America, obeying Mr Blair's order to use defence to burnish Britain's European credentials, and preventing a split within NATO.

It cannot be allayed, only stupidly appeased.

The girl's parents seem mostly worried about getting her back before gossip destroys her chances for a proper marriage, but the anger of the street at this double incident of Muslim encroachment cannot be so easily allayed.

Iran has recognised that it cannot develop sustainably as a nation without allaying international concerns.

Among other things, he promised his new entity would employ a national pricing plan in order to allay the fears of consumer advocates that rural customers who cannot get cable TV would still pay competitive rates, even though they would no longer have two satellite providers to choose from.