tranquillising

Grief tends to soften the rougher edges, acting as a restraint on the author and tranquillising a life led with a deep-rooted, prickly streak.

Fred Trueman: the good, the bad and the grouchy | Rob Bagchi 2011

Now, more than five tranquillising years later, she said, 'I wouldn't have given up training racehorses, not for anything.'

They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010

Under proposed regulations, listed large predators can no longer be hunted in small areas, under tranquillising or narcotic immobilising agents, or if released in areas adjacent to a holding facility.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

And, again, painters may work out of doors; and the fresh air, the deliberate seasons, and the “tranquillising influence” of the green earth, counterbalance the fever of thought, and keep them cool, placable, and prosaic.

Virginibus Puerisque and other papers 2005

Ketamine is a tranquillising agent that was widely used until patients began to complain of its hallucinogenic effects, which they experienced when coming out of sedation.

Mind Hacks: Through the k-hole 2005

The little whim had something tranquillising and balmy.

Wylder's Hand 2003

The beautiful sunset sky was crimson and gold; blue, silver, and purple; exquisite and tranquillising; fading away therein were plains, on which I could see many a town and city, with buildings that had lofty steeples and rounded domes.

Erewhon 2003

Initially I received a tranquillising dart, usually used on animals, to pacify the prisoners.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

Now, more than five tranquillising years later, she said, 'I wouldn't have given up training racehorses, not for anything.'

To The Hilt Francis, Dick, 1920- 1996

She agreed, however, to drive out in her car, pick Chico up, and go where he directed: and Chico and I worked out a place on the map which looked a tranquillising spot for paranoiacs.

Whip Hand Francis, Dick 1979