Sentence examples for was to soothe from inspiring English sources

The idea behind counselling was to soothe the patient, to find ways to make him as comfortable as possible".

Friends and colleagues, who describe Mr. Gutierrez as quiet and reflective, said his management style was to soothe rather than to scold.

The intent of the column was to soothe a riled female id; if the woman couldn't resolve her conflict — by ending an unhappy marriage, for example — the professor counselled wifely demurral.

Jim Kane, director of Florida Voter, a nonpartisan political news and polling service, said the governor's attention to sparsely populated regions showed that his priority was to soothe the shaken and displaced.

"Their job is to soothe clients and help facilitate the sale of securities.

His first task may be to soothe a simmering row between Britain's prime minister, Gordon Brown, and Nicolas Sarkozy.

Mainly this is to soothe kids who are incompetent with a camera, but there is some truth to the statement.

"To believe in God is to soothe the fear of our death.

The most common reasons were to soothe their infant (78.3%), to help put them to sleep (57.4%) and to keep them comforted and quiet (40.4%).

And people who were trying to soothe me, were trying to soothe me.

The music was meant to soothe them".