How to use "assuage" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "assuage" in popular movie and book plots

  • Russ reveals the truth partially to Court in order to assuage his suspicions.  - Dead Eye (novel)
  • Meanwhile Mace takes part in a televised debate with Senator Nadeer and attempts to assuage public fears regarding the Inhumans by revealing his own Inhumanity, which increases his popularity.  - Lockup (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
  • The following day Mace attempts to assuage public fears of Inhumans, revealing that the Watchdogs caused the EMP attacks and announcing the return of SHIELD.  - Uprising (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
  • Walsmear’s only reason for proving to himself that the fairies were real, was to assuage his conscience – to convince himself that she died as a result of seeing fairies, as opposed to her committing suicide from guilt as a result of her having an affair with Walsmear.  - Photographing Fairies (novel)
  • Just as Tom is about to be taken to Albany for trial, Isabel reads a letter which Tom had sent her, writing of how he had not deserved his happiness with her and how carrying the blame will assuage his guilt for surviving the war.  - The Light Between Oceans (film)
  • There, he smokes weed and learns from Firewater that he and other non-perishable foods invented the story of the Great Beyond as a noble lie to assuage past foods' fears of being eaten by shoppers.  - Sausage Party
  • Dexter takes Deb to dinner and tries to assuage her guilt by pointing out a man dining in the restaurant with his family, identifying him as a man she saved in a shootout with the Fuentes brothers in the fifth season.  - What's Eating Dexter Morgan?
  • It is suspected that it was a political move to assuage the masses.  - Ashoka the Great (book)
  • Don tries to assuage a slightly perturbed Megan, who is upset over how many of Don's old flames they run into in Manhattan.  - Mystery Date (Mad Men)
  • Later, Michael donates money to assuage his conscience.  - Calvary (film)
  • Rajat tries to assuage her and assures that there is no such thing going on.  - Nazrana (1987 film)
  • Sir Richard points out that he was provably in London when the attack happened, but Seymour states that logic cannot assuage the primitive suspicions of the villagers, particularly as enquiries have established that there were no strangers in the vicinity at the time.  - The Black Torment
  • Melnotte enlists in the army to assuage his remorse.  - The Lady of Lyons
  • For a while he persuades her to stay with him in the country, in the hope it will assuage her tuberculosis and curb her wild spending.  - The Lady of the Camellias (1981 film)
  • Barry and Jan fought the disease with all they had, but no amount of strength could assuage their anguish.  - Jan's story
  • She tries to assuage her guilt through volunteer jobs (which leave her weeping) and donations to homeless individuals (which sometimes backfire).  - Please Give
  • He is able to assuage their doubts.  - Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921 film)
  • Part of MacAskill's job in these situations was to assuage angry parents and to tell them it was no use contacting the police and that the church would punish the rapist while knowing that they would simply be moved to a different parish instead.  - The Bishop's Man
  • heads into the building to assuage the situation.  - Cauchemar Blanc
  • When Sarah surprises Elena at a chic San Tropez restaurant, Elena realizes that she must seize this opportunity to assuage her conscience and potentially save thousands of lives.  - Moscow Rules (novel)
  • Slowly making their way upriver, Willard reveals his mission partially to the Chief to assuage his concerns about why his mission should precede.  - Apocalypse Now
  • Cheri visits his mother who understands her son's anguish but can do nothing to assuage it, and they part with Cheri amazed to see a tear in his mother's eye.  - The Last of Chéri
  • He is easily swayed by the evil counselor, Sengo, who has persuaded the Prince to indulge every lust for food, drink, and women to assuage his grief.  - Tarzan and the Slave Girl
  • Unnable to leave due to the hurricane, Brooke, David, and Eric try to assuage her fears.  - The Slayer (film)
  • Mike attempts to assuage this clear point by offering to take Sheila to her mother's but makes it clear he will not listen to her crying or endure her tears.  - Why Did I Get Married? (play)
  • To repay Kincaid's kindness and assuage his own guilt for telling the lieutenant about Kincaid's assignation with the Frenchwoman, the tells of an impending attack on Tarfa while the garrison is weak.  - Ten Tall Men
  • Realizing his (likely soon-to-be fatal) mistake, the cat chuckles nervously and blows a cavalry charge on the horn like a trumpet before reattaching it to the bull and turning it the right way, hoping this will assuage the bull.  - Texas Tom
  • Bob is happy for this to happen, at least for now, as there is a more immediate problem at hand: mr Kinnaird is fine, but they had better come up with a good story, or the Hunter will have to use the net he has laid under Bob's skin to assuage the pain of a spanking.  - Needle (novel)
  • He explains that these segregatory actions assuage black Americans' anger towards whites and distracts them from accessing the "white man's intellectual legacy".  - Dutchman (play)
  • Hoping to assuage the crestfallen Higgins, Lufkin suggests that they give Dexter's unproven formula a chance and the dean reluctantly agrees.  - Now You See Him, Now You Don't
  • To assuage her jealousy, Antony describes Cleopatra as a "skinny little thing who talks too much".  - Son of Hades
  • Aboard the plane, an annoying extension cord salesman named Warren Beach (Garry Marshall) does little to assuage Monk's fears.  - Mr. Monk and the Airplane
  • Martina finds no comfort to assuage her pain and makes up her mind to kill Mauricio.  - Resistiré
  • In the next scene, however, House is shown holding the actual test, which reads "NEGATIVE", indicating that House lied about the test (presumably to spare Dylan's feelings and to assuage his own feeling of guilt for having stolen Dylan's girlfriend long ago).  - Who's Your Daddy? (House)
  • She is keenly looking forward to the end of the war, and retirement to England, and to assuage her fears, Sharpe grants her power of attorney over the considerable sum of money he has lodged with his prize agent in London.  - Sharpe's Revenge (novel)
  • Spiridon stays true to Christina, and tries to assuage her fear that he will desert her for Eleni.  - It Happened in Athens
  • After the battle the people of Elysion, having overthrown Kuroki, deliver him to Yuruzh to assuage his displeasure with the colony.  - The Virgin of Zesh
  • When Jeff lost his mother as a teenager, he became an outcast and frequently lashed out at his family and society in an attempt to assuage his anger.  - The Perfect Weapon
  • Briar and Tris are invited by Daja to live in her new house, with Tris taking over housekeeping duties to assuage what she perceives as charity from her wealthier friends.  - The Will of the Empress
  • Later, his parents go to the infirmary to try to assuage their son's fears, stating emphatically that they will not tell Zimmerman that they had Julian genetically modified when he was a child.  - Doctor Bashir, I Presume?
  • Her husband follows her, trying to assuage the situation by insisting that Lucy will apologize and ask Carter on a date.  - In the Land of Women
  • He hoped to atone for his crime and assuage his guilt by dying honourably, which the clergyman confirms he did.  - The Thirteen Problems
  • Jerry and George decide that the best way to assuage Russell's anger would be to demonstrate the irresistibility of staring at a woman's cleavage by arranging for him to stare at Elaine's.  - The Shoes (Seinfeld)
  • Meanwhile, in an attempt to assuage Sayid's grief over the death of Shannon, Hurley attempts to connect with Sayid.  - The Long Con
  • She has her ex-boyfriend drive her across the country, and it gives him a chance to assuage his guilty conscience as he is comforted that she has found love again.  - Killobyte
  • Returning home and finding her mother's condition worsening, she attempts to assuage her fears by comforting her.  - Mouchette
  • The mayor of the town, Colonel Sartoris, made a gentleman's agreement to overlook her taxes as an act of charity, though it was done under a pretense of repayment towards her father to assuage Emily's pride.  - A Rose for Emily
  • To assuage her anxiety, they decide to spend a few weeks in st Petersburg.  - Family Happiness
  • For an ageless time Thog has haunted the halls of Xuthal in search of living flesh to assuage the continuing manifestation of his body on the physical plane.  - The Slithering Shadow
  • When Frank tries to assuage her fears, she tells him that Catherine would take it out on both her and her sickly father, if she felt she was being defied.  - Angel Face (1953 film)
  • The hand attacks Cummins, but he is able to assuage the hand's quest for vengeance by giving the hand Ingram's signet ring.  - The Beast with Five Fingers
  • Satterthwaite promises to find out and assuage her fears.  - The Mysterious Mr Quin
  • The pastor Strawman and the clerk Styver attempt to persuade Falk from his course but the demands of respectability and security cannot assuage him.  - Love's Comedy
  • To assuage his own guilt, Russell takes the boy to a Montreal clinic to recover.  - Map of the Human Heart
  • Sullivan unsuccessfully attempts to assuage her suspicions.  - The Departed
  • During this period Linda gives birth to their first child, Brandon, which helps to assuage a reconciliation with Linda's mother.  - Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
  • In exchange for the information, Judas is offered money as a "fee" so that he can assuage his conscience by using the money charitably ("Damned for All Time/Blood Money").  - Jesus Christ Superstar

Example sentences for "assuage" in interesting articles

  • Incidents of vandalism had dropped off. And now the principal’s unconventional approach has made waves around the world, with school administrators and parents as far away as the United States and the United Kingdom asking how they, too, can abandon a rulebook designed to assuage fears about school safety in a seemingly dangerous time.  - New Zealand school tossed its playground rules
  • Sometimes, with permission from staff veterinarians, Hatfill would slip the animals Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups to assuage his own guilt over helping cause them harm.  - The Wrong Man
  • They don't give provision for a comprehensive taxation system, nor do they clarify tenancy terms for prospective residents (merely examples). So, if two teenagers have been in a committed relationship for a year, but are both one year under the age of consent, are they committing an offense if they choose to have sex? I include the details of "committed relationship" to assuage fears that one might be exploiting the other.  - The logic behind treating "sexting" teens as child pornographers
  • You have done much to assuage my basic fear in the ongoing debate about sexism in the tech industry, which is simply this:Calling out bad taste is like performing a public service, rather like picking up litter on a sidewalk.Using labels like "sexism." however, that came from the great and ongoing contemporary Civil Rights struggles in modern America is to brandish a rather powerful weapon.  - How To Fight Sexism in Silicon Valley

Meaning of "assuage" in English

  • provide physical relief, as from pain
  • satisfy (thirst)
  • cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Meaning of "assuage" in Hindi

  • शांत करना ( Shant karana, shaant karanaa)
  • कम करना ( Kam karana, kam karanaa)
  • धीमा करना ( Dhima karana, dheemaa karanaa)
  • बुझाना ( Bujhana, bujhanaa, buzhana)
  • ठंडा कर देना ( Thanda kar dena, thandaa kar denaa)
  • हलका करना ( Halaka karana, halakaa karanaa)
  • सन्तोष देना ( Santosh dena, santosh denaa)
  • मनाना ( Manana, mananaa)
  • शान्त करना ( Shant karana, shant karanaa)

Synonyms of "assuage"

  • slake
  • mollify
  • alleviate
  • lenify
  • appease
  • placate
  • quench
  • allay
  • palliate
  • gruntle
  • pacify
  • relieve
  • gentle
  • conciliate

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