calm (someone) down

Examples of calming

calming

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

But the predominant view was that religion, at least in middle-class women, was an essentially calming in-uence.
This site, in turn, is fed by unnamed higher central structures that promote either immediate mobilization of energy resources or calming.
The steady, clear but quiet explanation given by both the doctor and the nurse had a calming effect on her.
Some employers will require their systems to be shut down, others will wish some calming measures be built into the system.
Immediately preceding and following presentation of the challenging tasks, a neutral, calming story was read to the child to allow collection of resting cardiovascular data.
Successful calming was indicated by quickly being soothed by the parent without the display of angry or ambivalent behavior.
The initial suckling stimulus and the sucrose itself exert independent calming effects, with the sucrose effect lasting longer and mediated by opioids.
To reinforce this, you have to fit the keys to this scene: arriving, looking around, calming down - relaxing.
Successful calming was coded when the child was easily soothed by the parent without signs of resistant behavior.
After calming down somewhat, she was able to be discharged.
They regarded music as a good, calming way of gathering the children, which gave a sense of community and feelings of joy.
Coders assessed whether each child behavior involved proximity seeking 0 contact maintenance, successful calming by the parent, avoidance, or resistance.
She was worried too, but at the same time calming me down.
This affordable and repetitive way of building will allow for extra planting to create calming green spaces between the buildings.
Opiates are prime candidates for self-medication due to their generally calming and normalizing effects.
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