Sentence examples for has helped smooth from inspiring English sources

But a vibrant economy has helped smooth the transition.

Yet he has helped smooth the transition for Barcelona, alongside Busquets and Iniesta, who are performing a similar task for Spain.

He has helped smooth relations and the interaction between Odierno and Ambassador Christopher Hill -- and kept everyone working systematically and seriously toward a positive conclusion of the Iraq election law drama.

A bit more care in marshalling his evidence would have helped smooth out some apparent anomalies.

Ms. Taylor said her online Twitter relationships had helped smooth her recent move to New York.

Still, a more nuanced hand at the helm might have helped smooth over the variations in the play's tones.

For millions of readers, Brown's novels have helped smooth over the tension between ancient Christianity and modern American faith.

This year, at 27, she said she has undergone a mental growth spurt that, had it occurred earlier, might have helped smooth her career.

Indeed, the Spencers had helped smooth the ascension to the throne of George I, in 1714, founding the Hanoverian dynasty whose descendants are the current royals.

Mr. Bush has, of course, made some adroit moves that have helped smooth his way -- meeting with legislators from both parties in a number of settings, indicating his willingness to compromise on major issues like taxes and health care and, in general, comporting himself with more dignity than Mr. Clinton, without making too big a point of it.

Unlike their British counterparts, the Spanish royal family had long been sheltered from news media and public criticism, in part because the return of the monarchy in the 1970s was seen as having helped smooth Spain's transition from the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco to democracy.