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.
  • 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
  • The soft, vague feel of the brake pedal wasn't reassuring.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 15 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Now Biden is working to reassure U.S. allies that more money will be there for Ukraine.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2023
  • When his sister worries about their mom or their future, Adam is quick to reassure her that things will work out.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Great friends, supportive family, good health, and self-love are some of the many reasons to smile and feel reassured.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 6 July 2023
  • However, Scott took to Twitter to reassure fans that the show will happen at a later time.
    Cydney Lee, Billboard, 28 July 2023
  • JPMorgan sought to reassure investors that the stock sale is not a matter of concern.
    Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The hospital has sought to reassure its doctors and patients that the probation will be short-lived.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Sargsyan, despite his own concerns, tried to reassure him.
    Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Words that were meant to be reassuring only deepened the divide.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2023
  • On Thursday, Hobbs was reassuring about the state of Phoenix’s water supply and its future prospects.
    Joshua Partlow, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
  • These diaries prove there is an army at our backs, reassuring us, nudging us, urging us on every inch of the way.
    Sarah Gristwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The novelist Ben Okri followed him into the hallway and reassured him.
    Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023

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