How to Use salve in a Sentence

salve

1 of 2 noun

• The images, feelings, and words of this book sit on the heart like a warm salve.
  — Riza Cruz, ELLE, 11 Oct. 2022
• Ready to swap thick salves and rich creams for lighter, more gel-like textures?
  — Lisa Desantis, Allure, 23 Mar. 2023
• The service promises a glimpse into the future, a salve for the soul.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• But those types of games, along with scooping up the Aztecs, could offer a bit of salve.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2022
• How much is this a… not rebound, but a salve for her still-present grief over Cody?
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2021
• And though no one win can put out all the Cardinals’ fires, this one at least would be a salve on the burns.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 30 Dec. 2022
• There’s a lot to love about this classic heavy-duty salve.
  — Vanessa Powell, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
• For Ogawa the play has been a kind of salve, a chance to really look under the proverbial hood.
  — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• Pitching could not provide a salve as the Padres chased Sean Manaea in the fifth inning.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2021
• The thrilling prospect of travel and new experiences can be a salve.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• Luckily, time tends to act as a salve, softening the sharp edges of grief.
  — Meghan Rabbitt, Health.com, 22 Nov. 2021
• Watching Julia truss a goose or dress a salad niçoise felt like a salve.
  — Julie Cohen, Variety, 5 Sep. 2021
• Take time to put some salve on the wound that refuses to heal completely.
  — Simone E. Morris, Forbes, 27 May 2022
• Apply a base shadow color, then top it off with a glossy cream or salve.
  — Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 19 Jan. 2023
• In the early weeks of the war, Ukrainians found salve in dark absurdist humor.
  — Nicola Fegg, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
• In so doing, the book becomes not just a testament to her efforts to heal, but a sort of salve for her pain.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
• Such good humor is a salve to the novel’s abiding tragedy of loss and prejudice.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
• But at the moment that is inadequate salve for what has been lost.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
• One salve for the pain of discarding books is the prospect of turning them into a few extra bucks at a used book store.
  — Gabe Bullard, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
• An airy boutique for salves and cosmetics was a Brooklyn hot spot for more than a decade.
  — Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• This full-body grooming kit includes a bar soap, body wash, face wash, hand salve, shave cream, and hair pomade.
  — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 5 Dec. 2022
• For the writers who have toiled for years, this moment in history is a salve to wounds of exclusion.
  — Patrice Gaines, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2023
• Another way to soothe your new tattoo is with a restorative salve.
  — Danielle Jackson, Women's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
• Is In the Wake one of those collective salves my grandmother was talking about?
  — Hafizah Augustus Geter, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2023
• There are few better salves for the pain of a cross-town drive than the prepared food sections of Koreatown grocery stores.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• It’s been a beloved tradition, and a midwinter salve for a city that gets brutally cold and windy that time of year.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• This self-care set comes with a hand salve (perfect for doctors!), lip balm, body lotion, foot cream, and cleansing cream.
  — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
• For the 40-year-old musician, their late-night online chats were a salve for his loneliness.
  — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
• There was the quiet fall of fat snowflakes, snowball fights and hot cocoa — a nostalgic turn and a salve in these upside-down times.
  — Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2022
• The brand also has a salve that is certified organic as well.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024

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salve

2 of 2 verb

• Its return could salve that soul and send the giant home.
  — WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
• These are the sorts of wounds that Joe Biden has to salve as the new president reaches out to Asia.
  — Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time, 18 Mar. 2021
• And one of the best ways to salve that sting is to recognize the benefits to be gained from being more right into the future.
  — Tim Maurer, Forbes, 13 June 2021
• There’s no perfect way to salve a blowout loss to your chief rival, particularly when there’s a title on the line.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 29 May 2022
• The Administration official told me that the drama around the election was mostly political theatre, intended to salve Trump’s bruised ego.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2020
• This time, there should be white-hot passion for Democratic challenger Joe Biden, the candidate who would restore our moral base, our international standing, salve our wounds, and give us a sense that the nation is moving forward to a sunlit future.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2020
• Though well received with several ovations, the appearance didn't serve to salve those wounds entirely -- with some saying afterward that his pep talk had actually exacerbated them.
  — Kevin Liptak, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
• Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine is a minor part of its overall business — it is expected to bring in just $2.5 billion in revenue this year — but presented a high-profile opportunity for the company to salve some of its recent reputational wounds.
  — New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021
• But choosing Padilla also provided Newsom an opportunity to salve some of those relationships.
  — Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
• Internal divisions within Palestinian society and its leadership will also impede efforts to salve the situation.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2023
• Its return could salve that soul and send the giant home.
  — WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
• These are the sorts of wounds that Joe Biden has to salve as the new president reaches out to Asia.
  — Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time, 18 Mar. 2021
• And one of the best ways to salve that sting is to recognize the benefits to be gained from being more right into the future.
  — Tim Maurer, Forbes, 13 June 2021
• There’s no perfect way to salve a blowout loss to your chief rival, particularly when there’s a title on the line.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 29 May 2022
• The Administration official told me that the drama around the election was mostly political theatre, intended to salve Trump’s bruised ego.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2020
• This time, there should be white-hot passion for Democratic challenger Joe Biden, the candidate who would restore our moral base, our international standing, salve our wounds, and give us a sense that the nation is moving forward to a sunlit future.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2020
• Though well received with several ovations, the appearance didn't serve to salve those wounds entirely -- with some saying afterward that his pep talk had actually exacerbated them.
  — Kevin Liptak, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
• Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine is a minor part of its overall business — it is expected to bring in just $2.5 billion in revenue this year — but presented a high-profile opportunity for the company to salve some of its recent reputational wounds.
  — New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021
• But choosing Padilla also provided Newsom an opportunity to salve some of those relationships.
  — Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
• Internal divisions within Palestinian society and its leadership will also impede efforts to salve the situation.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2023
• Its return could salve that soul and send the giant home.
  — WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
• These are the sorts of wounds that Joe Biden has to salve as the new president reaches out to Asia.
  — Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time, 18 Mar. 2021
• And one of the best ways to salve that sting is to recognize the benefits to be gained from being more right into the future.
  — Tim Maurer, Forbes, 13 June 2021
• There’s no perfect way to salve a blowout loss to your chief rival, particularly when there’s a title on the line.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 29 May 2022
• The Administration official told me that the drama around the election was mostly political theatre, intended to salve Trump’s bruised ego.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2020
• This time, there should be white-hot passion for Democratic challenger Joe Biden, the candidate who would restore our moral base, our international standing, salve our wounds, and give us a sense that the nation is moving forward to a sunlit future.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2020
• Though well received with several ovations, the appearance didn't serve to salve those wounds entirely -- with some saying afterward that his pep talk had actually exacerbated them.
  — Kevin Liptak, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
• Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine is a minor part of its overall business — it is expected to bring in just $2.5 billion in revenue this year — but presented a high-profile opportunity for the company to salve some of its recent reputational wounds.
  — New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021
• But choosing Padilla also provided Newsom an opportunity to salve some of those relationships.
  — Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
• Internal divisions within Palestinian society and its leadership will also impede efforts to salve the situation.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2023

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