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also tranquillized
as in calmed
to free from distress or disturbance
at long last the crying baby was tranquilized by the steady rocking of her cradle
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Recent Examples of tranquilized
Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
She had been spotted in the town of Cable, and wildlife officers tranquilized her to remove the jar, according to Northern News Now.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tranquilized
Verb
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Much of that calmed down on Sunday as the American fans finally had something to cheer about, but there was still more than enough abuse aimed at McIlroy from the spectators throughout the day.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, the situation calmed, and Baker placed Skeet in handcuffs and arrested him, along with Medlin and two other ranch hands.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With over 622,000 views and 78,000 likes on Instagram as of Tuesday, people felt heartbroken and relieved.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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The other musicians looked relieved.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In later snaps, the Iron Man actress modeled several more outfits — including a classic black halter-neck dress, a relaxed fit gray T-shirt dress with short sleeves paired with black slip-on sandals, and two black-and-white looks.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Even when Kerr and Staples get in an argument that frighteningly escalates, both Blunt and Johnson maintain their relaxed equilibrium.—
Richard Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The device, made from bovine pericardial tissue and metal was developed at Edward Lifescience and approved by the FDA in February 2024.—
Jeff Gritchen,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2025
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Take note, these softgels are not vegetarian or vegan, since they’re made from bovine gelatin.—
Allison Knott, MS, RDN, CSSD,
Health,
26 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Sante is phlegmatic when asked if Substack is doing anything strictly new.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
2 July 2025
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Capper struck me as phlegmatic about the power of the supermarkets.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
4 May 2024
Adjective
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But the most spectacular aspect of Nuestra Tierra may be its use of drone camerawork, and the way Martel uses the unsettling stillness of a drone as the eye of an impassive god, looking down at the wrongs carried out by those on the ground.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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There are also plenty of promotional materials dating from the building’s launch, and in one video clip, Kurokawa sells the merits of the building to an impassive audience of smoking businessmen.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Watson was accused of being aloof and out of touch and the team’s management was publicly roasted by a furious Phil Mickelson in the Sunday night press conference.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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In fact, despite playing one of her most aloof characters yet, the real Roberts starts to tear up when Sevigny talks about admiring her.—
Ramin Setoodeh,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Carr, who apparently reacted to Kimmel's suspension last week by sending a GIF of TV characters doing a celebratory dance to a journalist, yesterday described his role at the FCC as that of a dispassionate arbiter.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
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Kirkpatrick set out to create a fair, dispassionate tally of Trump’s two terms so far.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Tranquilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tranquilized. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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