Sentence examples for soothed into from inspiring English sources

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.

My friend listened patiently as I fretted over how to divide family heirlooms, mutual funds, artwork and real estate equally so sibling egos would be soothed, taking into account close friends who were more like family than some of my own.

High-ranking Confederates soothed Jackson into withdrawing his request.

Not long afterward, the House of Lustau's Solera Reserva moscatel superior, called Emilin, together with its soul mate, a Pedro Ximenez called San Emilio, soothed the passage into a chilly '01.

Arnold had a special way of soothing celebrities into submission.

He gives Charley a clock; he gives him his old bear, Bobo; he lies next to Charley to help soothe him into slumber.

But he did point out that the agency sponsored the Music Under New York program to bring nice, sometimes soothing music into the subway.