salving 1 of 2

present participle of salve

salving

2 of 2

noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for salving
Verb
  • Adding oils or a warm soak can increase sensitivity and make the experience both soothing and arousing.
    Essence, Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Colleagues described a popular chaplain with nicknames for the tiny patients and soothing words for their bleary-eyed parents.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In fact, throughout the house there is an emphasis on calming colors like taupes, off-whites, and creams.
    Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Skip the sheep-counting and cup of chamomile, and luxuriate in the sleep-inducing blend of calming lavender oil, soothing balsam resin, moisturizing sweet almond oil, and relaxing magnesium salt flakes instead.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many of the chefs are like musicians who have graduated from covering other artists’ songs to composing their own masterpieces.
    Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But recently a group of AI researchers in Japan and Taiwan created a benchmark called NEWSAGENT to see how well LLMs can do at actually taking source material and composing accurate news stories.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Task, like its characters, disarms viewers by lulling them into a sense of comfort with its unassuming dressings.
    EW.com, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • What we’ve been taught to call intimacy—caretaking, appeasing, overfunctioning—is just codependency.
    Vanessa Bennett, SELF, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And many brands and stores are appeasing consumer preference for cotton products to carry them through the fall and winter months.
    Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Tresemmé Lamellar Gloss Finishing Oil is what stands between you and shampoo-ad levels of shine, locking in luster and quieting frizz with its mix of sunflower, coconut, and macadamia oils.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Nine of those points came in a 16-0 third quarter run that turned a seven-point deficit into a 61-52 lead heading to the fourth, quieting the packed house in San Francisco’s Chase Center.
    Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Salving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salving. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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