We can't be scared into caring, but we also can't be soothed into accepting our fate.
Saulnier's rendering of the sky and the ocean are so sensuous and tactile that, as Dwight settles down for the night, we are soothed into intimacy with him.
Dr. Finzi is no stylist, but the momentum of his argument keeps the reader with him for the duration (and undoubtedly quite a few overactive corrugators will be soothed into submission as a result).
He's an entertainer who is not above using obvious comedy tropes now and then — Samuel, for instance, inadvertently gets high on Ecstasy and is soothed into happiness by a Palestinian party girl.
However, when Orfeo takes up his lyre and plays, Caronte is soothed into sleep.
But here's the thing: when your heart gets hijacked by something bad happening--usually unexpected, you can get it back into a healthier place, and in the process, soothe yourself into a better place.
He gives Charley a clock; he gives him his old bear, Bobo; he lies next to Charley to help soothe him into slumber.
In "Stella at the Winter Palace," a professional female companion to widows forgoes a steamy night with a ship's cruise director to climb into bed beside her aged employer: "The steady sound of her breathing helped soothe me into sleep".
Unfortunately, the president's speech provides yet another example of politicians adopting soaring rhetoric designed to soothe us into accepting half measures, hidden taxes and un-needed programs.
Today's MPFree is a beautiful and mellow track to soothe you into your Monday morning by L.A. based band Dive Index.
