palliatein a sentence
-
•
After a while, I pulled him over to the bed and we lay there together as he told me they'd started palliative chemo, but he gave it up to go to Amsterdam, even though his parents were furious. (source)palliative = to ease pain
-
•
But it would only be palliative. (source)palliative = to make pain less bad (rather than provide a cure)
-
•
She was a less than satisfactory source of palliation, but she did give Jem a hot biscuit-and-butter which he tore in half and shared with me. (source)palliation = relief
Show 3 more sentences
-
•
He talked about using palliative chemo—treatment that's not intended to be curative, but could ease symptoms, possibly buying a few months—and about finding ways to keep me comfortable and engaged in life as the end approached. (source)palliative = making something (such as pain) less bad
-
•
She explained every remedy and palliative.† (source)
-
•
She drew close to Ursula, trusting that she would know of some palliative for her attacks.† (source)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 7 word variations
-
•
Palliative care only.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
-
•
These records, however much or however little of real life may lie at the back of them, are not an attempt to disguise or to palliate this widespread sickness of our times.† (source)
-
•
If he began to talk about the crops; or about the recent weather; or about the condition of politics; or about dogs, or cats, or morals, or theology—no matter what —I sighed, for I knew what was coming; he was going to get out of it a palliation of that tiresome seven-dollar sale.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
-
•
Still, Nye was glad to have seen it; each item-the palliatives for sore gums, the greasy Honolulu pillow-gave him a clearer impression of the owner and his lonely, mean life.† (source)
-
•
If, mindless of palliating circumstances, we are bound to regard the death of the Master-at-arms as the prisoner's deed, then does that deed constitute a capital crime whereof the penalty is a mortal one?† (source)
-
•
"Merck" informs me that this is a transient state, becoming palliated after a number of hours of the tongue's gentle rest, which is a great relief to know, since it is sheer murder to eat anything or to take more than a few sips of beer.† (source)
-
•
But American writers could never render these palliations probable to their readers; their customs and laws are opposed to it; and as they despair of rendering levity of conduct pleasing, they cease to depict it.† (source)
-
•
Any assistance that this Government may render in the future should provide a cure rather than a mere palliative.† (source)
-
•
This was one of those cases which no solemn deception can palliate, where no man can help; where his very Maker seems to abandon a sinner to his own devices.† (source)
-
•
Even with this palliation, when the nuns put on this chemise on the 14th of September, they suffer from fever for three or four days.† (source)
▲ show less (of above)