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Example sentences for: salve

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Some workers guard the hive entrance, others collect nectar, others dry nectar by beating their wings, others groom the queen, others manufacture an antiseptic salve that coats the hive, etc. ...
Dickens was decent in the way he wrote about people, and he recommended decency as a universal salve.
) Similarly, lip salve is insincere flattery, though it may be enjoyed by the recipient nonetheless as a form of ear candy . Lip , with its satisfying mouthfeel (to use the jargon of the food-service industry) and its still-obvious link to an elemental root (the Indo-European leb , with the connotation ""), has formed numerous slang combinations whose meanings touch all the compass points of verbal intention.
But sometimes sentimental politics is merely a way to salve one's conscience when real action is possible and one would prefer to do nothing.
So salve your conscience, and save your soul, by buying it.