Sentence examples for of a balm from inspiring English sources

In search of a balm for these wounds, many intellectuals have embraced nostalgic fantasies of vanished unity.

The Yankees were not returning from a lackluster road trip in need of a balm for their battered bullpen and sputtering offense.

It's excellent if your skin is oily or combination and you like the comfy, thoroughly cleansed feel of a balm cleanser (no need for a separate eye makeup remover here).

Yet whatever their merits, coming at the end of a tough first year, the developments of the past couple of days were something of a balm for the Obama White House.

And while this terrible loss meant that Rylance decided to pull out of the Olympic opening ceremony (he was replaced by Kenneth Branagh), he, too, clearly found work to be some sort of a balm.

Normally, I am horrified by American fast-food brands near iconic sites, but in the case of this once open sore between East and West, I find it something of a balm.

Ninon de L'Enclos, the seventeenth-century French courtesan and wit, was supposedly still breaking hearts at ninety, thanks to a balm of lard, beeswax, and onion juice.

The story's serene, lulling rhythm creates a sense of safety, a balm for young readers.

Of course a balm helps control your beard and allows you to style it while keeping stray hairs in place, but your personal preference will dictate whether you use balm or oil.

The physicality of it, and the clear specificity of what the project required of me, was a balm.

For city officials, the absence of snow is a balm.