How to Use reassure in a Sentence
reassure
verb- The news didn't reassure him.
- I tried to reassure myself that the children were safe.
- Experts reassured the public that the accident wouldn't happen again.
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The king was reassured he would be kept in the loop on the Oslo dialogue.
— Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023 -
Jamal got on the phone with the parents to reassure them.
— Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023 -
Democrats don’t yet look ready to move on to plan B if Biden doesn’t reassure them.
— W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 July 2024 -
The soft, vague feel of the brake pedal wasn't reassuring.
— Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 15 Aug. 2023 -
The first lady gave a nod to reassure him Melissa would be back.
— Matt Viser, Washington Post, 12 June 2024 -
In that context, cutting out the noise might be a way to reassure investors.
— WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023 -
The agent, Judy recalled, reassured them Sunil was not a suspect.
— Elizabeth Koh, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023 -
The new finance minster, the fourth in as many months, is seeking to reassure markets that the grown-ups are back in charge.
— Karla Adam, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022 -
One clip shows the canal’s current pushing the horse downstream as the rescuer holds her head and tries to reassure her.
— Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2024 -
The video was meant to calm his supporters and to reassure the country that the election was, indeed, over.
— Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 24 July 2022 -
But even a fund that serves as a mild headwind feels reassuring at times like these.
— Spencer Jakab editor, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2023 -
There’s simply no telling where this will lead, but none of it is reassuring.
— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 May 2023 -
But with the sequel already in play, we can be reassured that these men aren’t going to die after the screen cuts to black.
— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024 -
The loss of my brother, like the loss of Mac, reassures me that nothing lasts forever; few things even last long.
— Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Watts later learned through her lawyer that the nurse who had reassured her had reported her to the police.
— Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023 -
By the end of the day, she felt reassured academically and had moved past the earthquake.
— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024 -
To order and eat a Dew Drop Inn hot dog is to be reassured of the pleasant fiction that there are some constants in this life.
— Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 6 July 2023 -
The chief justice used his speech to reassure lawyers that the justices remain on good working terms.
— Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024 -
Meanwhile, Trump must reassure voters leery of putting him back in the Oval Office.
— Matthew Continetti, National Review, 18 May 2024 -
Bankers and regulators have tried to reassure investors that the worst of the crisis is past, to little avail.
— Ken Sweet and Michelle Chapman, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023 -
Holmes, in the role of Joint Chiefs chairman, reassured lawmakers, after the first three days of fighting.
— Ellen Knickmeyer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023 -
Marlo reassured her, and mentioned that Sofia always loved the beach.
— Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023 -
On Thursday, Caro boarded the old van as usual, but Gabriel was not reassured.
— Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024 -
Don't worry though, Sampson reassures us the other manuscripts are fun as well.
— Sari Hitchins, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024 -
Listening to you vent about life and offering reassuring adages to get you through the day.
— Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024 -
If everyone agrees to ignore the same things, and look in the same direction, the illusion of well-being can be reassuring, too.
— Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024 -
But many were reassured after Harris' closing-argument address this week on the Ellipse, just outside the White House.
— Mike Allen, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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