They were desperate, and all you could do was to soothe and calm; in every call you tried to get their story, to get them talking.
In late 2007 Romney traveled to Texas AM to soothe evangelicals with a speech that downplayed the distinctiveness of Mormonism.
Working hard to turn heads and soothe nerves is Osmel Sousa.
Or just maybe the occasional pig-out does soothe the soul and make for a happier, healthier individual.
He did not speak words meant to soothe a “fundamentalist” audience.
Lance longed for the right to soothe her, but only durst lay his hand on the back of her chair.
He hastened to soothe his feelings with a plausible explanation.
To soothe the irritation, the stomach should be soaped in the same manner as recommended in Head, Soaping the (see also Lather).
He wheeled the chair up and down, but he sang to soothe Grandpa to sleep.
During those dreadfully long hours your presence was a blessing; it could soothe away the pain and bring hope and comfort.
Old English soðian "show to be true," from soð "true" (see sooth). Sense of "quiet, comfort, mollify" is first recorded 1690s, via notion of "to assuage one by asserting that what he says is true" (i.e. to be a yes-man), a sense attested from 1560s (and cf. Old English gesoð "a parasite, flatterer"). Meaning "reduce the intensity" (of a pain, etc.) is from 1711. Related: Soothed; soothing.