Sample Sentences for
allay
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    He started a diary in what appeared to be a frustrated attempt to allay and resolve his own doubts.  (source)
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    The medical team's main concerns--damage to my spinal cord, airway, veins, and arteries--have been allayed.  (source)
    allayed = reduced or eliminated
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    Her anxieties, that their life together is a temporary blessing, that soon it will come loose again in strips and tatters, are allayed.  (source)
    allayed = calmed
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    It allays a feverish thirst that had parched me for many days.†  (source)
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    Allay-loo-yah, a-lay-loo yah, a-lay-loo yah, a-lay-loo yah, a-lay-loo-yah, a-lay-loo-yah!†  (source)
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    Amanda searched his face, expecting the worst, but her fears were allayed almost immediately by his air of exhausted satisfaction.  (source)
    allayed = calmed
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    Amagiri's wake is sweeping the flames away from the wreckage of 109, allaying Kennedy's fears that the gasoline fires will ignite any remaining ammunition or fuel tanks.†  (source)
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    But Jane and me were allays contrairy; she would have striped things, and I like spots.†  (source)
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    In order to allay any fears his clients might have about his political leanings, he had altered his name slightly.†  (source)
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    "Gentlemen," I said at last, as the party ascended the steps, "I delight to have allayed your suspicions."  (source)
    allayed = reduced the intensity of or calmed
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    Henry, after allaying her agitation, had taken her over his property, and had explained to her the use and dimensions of the various rooms.†  (source)
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    "I've been allays used to horses," said Tom.†  (source)
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    for but one mouthful to allay the pang of famine!†  (source)
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