This was a delightfully reassuring idea supposing that Lydgate died, but in the mean time not a self-supporting idea.
" "It must be reassuring to you to know that you certainly run no risk of incurring the resentment of the women you come in contact with," I retorted.
" "It must be reassuring to you to know that you certainly run no risk of incurring the resentment of the women you come in contact with," I retorted.
The very feel of her hand, even through its glove, was reassuring; it was the sort of hand, he thought, that children would like to hold in the dark.
" There's something reassuring in its self-pitying simplicity—as if the three-word absence explains who I am and wins me sympathy-so I carry it with me, like a label on my back.
To me it was the reassuring sound of nature, trying not to be forgotten.
We cleave tightly to reassuring notions of what normal people are like, which means we exclude a lot – often the richest bit – of what we truly feel, want and think.
The results are reassuring.
But it's reassuring to see that they are focusing on tennis, and that they believe it has potential as online community entertainment.
Committee Chairman Stephen Metcalfe stressed the importance of reassuring people that public funds are being invested in accurate and trustworthy research.
'There's something reassuring about still being able to shop in a regular store when you're pregnant,' said Meredith Melling, who recently left her longtime post as a Vogue editor to co-found the fashion consultancy firm La Marque.
") 'That's what Julia has been best at, maintaining their real life,' says Nichols, who has been a constant reassuring presence for Roberts since directing her in 2004's Closer.
During the workdays, we chase it by reassuring ourselves that we will discover serenity on our lunch breaks or after leaving the office.
And there were opportunities to preorder — reassuring parents that they could get a constant and reliable supply in the future.
Knowing their children can always be reached is reassuring for parents.
" There's something reassuring in its self-pitying simplicity—as if the three-word absence explains who I am and wins me sympathy-so I carry it with me, like a label on my back.
Karim was reassuring Baba that his brother had a big truck of "excellent and first-class quality," and that the trek to Peshawar would be very routine.
His mouth curled up into something that was supposed to be a reassuring smile.
"I believe, and many believe, that a liberal-arts education is the key to navigating the changes that come ahead," said Chan, a former political-science major, reassuring parents who may recall fondly their years studying 18th-century art history or the Romantic poets but who still want results for the high cost of tuition.
To understand why these memories seem reassuring, Clay Routledge of North Dakota State University and other psychologists conducted a series of experiments with English, Dutch and American adults.