Sentence examples for soothing himself from inspiring English sources

But he never stopped trying, sometimes warbling the theme song to his favorite movie, "Pinocchio," as a means of soothing himself.

Maybe this is how he soothes himself.

Many times a day, he'd soothe himself by checking his frequent-flier accounts.

Closing one episode, Mr. Thaw's Inspector Morse soothed himself with classical music and alcohol.

Powell's face twitches slightly, and he touches his cheek as if to soothe himself.

Perhaps he can soothe himself listening to Dwight Howard's new CD, which features Orlando's center singing "arena anthems and classic hits".

For now, he soothes himself against his surroundings by reading the paperback King James Bible that he hides in the top drawer of his dresser.

"This was only a hidden camera episode, after all; everything was under control, nothing bad could happen," Zivkovic's nameless narrator says, trying to soothe himself amid the spiralling surrealities of this mystery novel.

What if everything was exactly the same but had worked out better? Mills keeps an Alva skateboard in the back of his Volvo station wagon, and when he can't sleep he soothes himself by remembering his runs — taken in the old style, fast and flowing, like a surfer — on bygone skate parks all over L.A.

It's a lesson in how to soothe himself at night on his own.

All the habits that go along with his autism, the need for routine and repetition, are ways that he soothes himself and keeps himself going.