(1) So I am, of course, intrigued about the city’s newest tourist attraction: a hangover bar, open at weekends, in which sufferers can come in and have a bit of a lie down in soothingly subdued lighting, while sipping vitamin-enriched smoothies.
(2) Estonia had been reduced to 10 men early in the second half yet Hodgson’s men had to toil away for another 25 minutes before the goal, direct from Wayne Rooney’s free-kick, that soothed their mood and maintained their immaculate start to this qualifying programme.
(3) The latter practice has previously been ascribed to imprinting and the soothing sound of the mother's heartbeat on the infant.
(4) Mourinho's gloating will have done little to soothe Tottenham's anger.
(5) One peer, Lord Best, back in the House of Lords debate in 2011 , caught the deep importance of how a home should soothe and protect.
(6) For the past year, she has given the same talk at up to four "home parties" daily, fuelled by little more than coffee and larynx-soothing Malva tea.
(7) His neat nails were polished like pebbles and his voice had a soothing, almost balsamic, tone.
(8) Weirdly, the muffled Doppler effects of several thousand passing SUVs was quite soothing.
(9) Sceptics think Prokhorov will be one of half a dozen "approved" candidates used to soak up discontent with his soothing talk of inexorable change, while posing no real threat to Putin's supremacy.
(10) But that still puts the UK's deficit, at more than 12% of GDP, in line with that of crisis-hit Greece, and the numbers gave new momentum to the increasingly bitter row about what should come first: soothing the concerns of the bond markets with public sector cutbacks, or making sure the economy has recovered before switching off the life-support.
(11) Three precious points appeared to be theirs and they stood not only to crown a fightback that had hardly been trailed, but to soothe the pain of the 6-0 humbling at Chelsea from last Saturday.
(12) Cameron’s EU deal: the verdict from our panel | Matthew d’Ancona, Daniel Hannan, Tom Clark and Natalie Nougayrède Read more There was still a long way to go and the deal was far from sealed, Dave soothingly cajoled, but “what we’ve got is what I basically asked for”.
(13) It is a bit rich to expect us to state exactly how we’ll whip our troops when Cameron himself still can’t come out and say what he’ll do with his own cabinet.” Behind the scenes, “sources close to Corbyn” could usefully soothe pro-European nerves: “As an internationalist party, our inclination is of course to remain within the European family, but it would be irresponsible to declare our hand now, leaving Cameron to barter away British employment rights.” However Corbyn votes himself, it is perfectly plain that he will not have the authority to whip individual Euro-enthusiast MPs to vote against their consciences, so he may as well concede that at once.
(14) The results suggest that, in the presence of variation in feeding practice greater than that which is typical for our society, feeding interval may be a significant factor in early (but not later) crying behavior; furthermore, this effect is independent of and additive to the soothing effect of short response latency.
(15) In the three-minute video, ‘From Candles to Computers: Bringing Electricity to China’s Jing Jin village’, she says: “The coal industry is a major force in eliminating fuel poverty in China but, more importantly, it’s a critical driving force for the phenomenal economic growth China has experienced.” The video comes with a soothing soundtrack of traditional Chinese music, and is beautifully shot.
(16) Particular facets examined include the "soothing" function of medication, the placebo effect, and medication compliance, as well as countertransference difficulties encountered in administering the medicine.
(17) Their encouragement may soothe nervous Republicans but they have conflict of interest issues of their own .
(18) She also took the family's pet rabbit to soothe Hardwick, who had severe learning disabilities and a mental age of about four.
(19) If the prime minister had hoped to soothe old tensions, however, he failed – at least partially.
(20) Being responsible was more helpful to fathers who saw their infant as responding positively to soothing techniques and as smiling and laughing frequently, but less helpful to fathers who perceived their infant as being fearful and distressed by limitations.
Velvety
Definition:
(a.) Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.
Example Sentences:
(1) On peptone dextrose agar plate, the growth is white and velvety to cottony.
(2) Pony trekking in Glenshiel Think soft velvety noses, shaggy mains, the heady smell of saddle soap and the reassuring squeak of leather as you saddle up for a trek into the mountains on a sturdy, sure-footed Highland pony.
(3) On the surface posterior to the ventral sucker, the tegumental processes were bandlike in the metacercariae, cobblestonelike in the flukes 2 days postinfection (PI), and velvety at 3 days PI.
(4) Cystoscopic examination revealed a bladder tumor, well-demarcated, white and velvety lesion with slight elevation.
(5) They come for a taste of the unknown, something most have never tasted – the sweet, cold, velvety embrace of ice-cream.
(6) Also, M. audouinii formed microconidia and macroconidia in velvety growth cultured on SCCGA containing NaC1.
(7) Sweet-toothed regulars come for a bowl of the velvety purple açaí juice (£4), an Amazonian berry usually served overly sugared but offered pure or with guaraná syrup here.
(8) It wasn't until very recently, sipping on a malted milkshake – the velvety thick, heart-stopping American kind that comes by the jug – that I rediscovered malt.
(9) The presence of a velvety, cauliflower-like growth on the surface of a long-standing pressure sore should alert the surgeon to the possibility of malignant degeneration.
(10) During the past 18 months we have studied 36 biopsy specimens taken from 11 young men ranging in age from 21 to 36, each of whom had multiple, reddish to violaceous papules, some distinctly verrucoid or velvety on either or both the shaft and glans of the penis.
(11) South Beach, Tenby, Pembrokeshire The velvety sand on all three of Tenby's beaches is the stuff of tropical islands.
(12) The BBC are introducing the velvety charms of Thierry Henry, Milan boss Clarence Seedorf and Rio Ferdinand, if he can stop tweeting for five minutes.
(13) Like a Rolls-Royce of self-regard, Lord Baker's vanity is truly a wonder and a joy to behold – a velvety, turbo-charged vintage purr of unabashed self-congratulation.
(14) Nespresso's velvety crema and its darkling thimble of ristretto daily give me the illusion I am a sophisticated continental, living in caffeinated leisure at a pavement cafe where only lovely things – passionate dalliances, superb cakes – are on today's menu.
(15) The gastric mucosal rest presented as a velvety red patch with a distinct border, varying from a few millimeters in diameter to complete encirclement of the esophagus, was occasionally paired, and was found either at or just below the upper esophageal sphincter.
(16) The art of Jack Napthine is a powerful mix of boldly outlined locks, light bulbs and snatches of text; Julian Martin’s thick pastels give a dense velvety texture to his drawings; and Terry Williams’ soft sculptures of fridges, helicopters and video cameras are flamboyant and witty.
(17) Up a floor, from another improvised rooftop, we looked in the opposite direction to where the Tijuca rainforest climbs up the hillside in a carpet of dark velvety green.
(18) The black lesion with a velvety surface consists of very large cells packed with melanin granules of abnormal and variable density, structure and size.
(19) R. canada is typically rod-shaped, being delimited with a three-layered wall having a velvety coating adsorbed to its exterior surface.
(20) A broad spectrum of iris abnormalities was observed: the daughter had aniridia with persistent pupillary membrane strands traversing the anterior lens capsule; the iris of the mother and son had a velvety surface with no detailed crypts, but did have some persistent pupillary membrane tags extending from the collarette.