Example sentences for: allay

How can you use “allay” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Le Monde said the German celebrations were conducted "with a certain modesty, as if to allay the fears that a united Germany, not always wrongly, has traditionally provoked in its neighbors."

  • Early modern English used car poetically for the chariots of the sun and planets, as in Milton's image of a maritime sunset in Comus: And the gilded car of day / His glowing axle doth allay / In the steep Atlantic stream.

  • To allay Russian concerns, NATO has offered not to deploy nuclear forces in Eastern Europe.

  • At the same time, the central bank has hiked interest rates continuously to check inflation and allay the fears of Western investors, thus discouraging needed business borrowing.

  • Meticulous oral, nasal, and conjunctival hygiene help to allay concerns overt patient thirst [ 84 ] .


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