(1) He understood her feelings and tried to reassure her

(2) His admission that there is still a doubt to be resolved is hardly likely to reassure the sceptics.

(3) A nurse will make sure you are comfortable and reassure you if you are nervous.

(4) He then breaks into a big smile, as if to reassure me he is only teasing.

(5) He understood her feelings and tried to reassure her

(6) At first you may not always know what to do to soothe and reassure him.

(7) Though higher-visibility policing does not detect crime, it reassures people and helps deter criminals.

(8) He then spent the next half hour reassuring the man, who has not been named, until police arrived.

(9) She says it is reassuring to learn that the rose is still available.

(10) The government reassures us that cash machines will not run dry, and that supermarkets will have enough supplies between Christmas and the New Year.

(11) In contrast, the Icelandic capital itself is reassuringly earthly.

(12) She's planning to be a volunteer teacher; it reassures me to know she's got such great aspirations.

(13) Alex reassured him with a smile, and then lifted the laughing child into his arms.

(14) Her smile reassures David the outfit he chose was a wise decision.

(15) Somewhat reassuringly the young soldiers doesn't bear a weapon.

(16) It means burglars tend to avoid the area and it also reassures the residents, reducing fear of crime.

(17) The exhibition reassures us that the weaving tradition is alive and well, and developing in new and interesting fields.

(18) But apart from the work on the walls, reassuringly little has changed.

(19) The menu is reassuringly limited and everything is cooked to order: do bring a book, because you will wait between courses.

(20) There's something about Perth that quickly reassures you after Australia's emptiness.

(21) Wednesday's deceptively warm sunshine reassures us that we have been right in not worrying about sleeping arrangements.

(22) The sight was slick, sick, and saddening, and yet oddly reassuring .

(23) He nods at me then I smile, as if reassuring him that I will never do that again.

(24) My tutor, however, reassures me the worst that can happen is I get pulled down a grade, or get my paper marked as though I only answered two out of three questions.

(25) Once in the polling station, it was all reassuringly low tech.

(26) He is reassuringly down to earth about the acting business.

(27) He reassures us that the scientific-minded and religious followers share faith in a grand design.

(28) I have also so far not spoken to the children on the phone as my husband reassures me that they are fine and a possible phone conversation may unsettle them.