She was searching for an emollient hand lotion. From LearnThat.org.
Even alcohol, Lyall writes, functions for the British as a relaxant, an emollient, a crutch, a relief, an excuse. From Wordnik.com. [A View From Abroad] Reference
Adjective : emollient lotions for the face. From Dictionary.com.
From what I’ve been able to glean online, it’s a hormonal thing, and no amount of soaking in emollient baths seems to make a blind bit of difference. From Wordnik.com. [knocked update] Reference
It was much more emollient on the international agenda. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2004] Reference
Mr. Bucket brings the finger into play as an emollient. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
Yet further emollient words, the outbreak will not spread. From Wordnik.com. [DEFRA Blowing In The Wind] Reference
As a novelty, the effects of the expanding emollient were exhilarating. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
Shea butter took years to become the latest fad moisturizer and emollient. From Wordnik.com. [Shea Butter and Other Nondairy Foolers] Reference
The white Cabbage is most putrescible; the red most emollient and pectoral. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Kasper is normally one of the Vatican's more diplomatic and emollient figures. From Wordnik.com. [Cardinal Kasper reveals the Vatican's true beliefs] Reference
He dreamed of small biting things and the comforting emollient of cool liquids. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
This made Clinton sometimes emollient beyond what was required by the occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of Bill] Reference
Al Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth" is really the first 9/11 emollient on offer. From Wordnik.com. [9/11/06] Reference
All about the soothing and emollient influence of a little packet of stamped paper!. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
And, in this emollient "puff" the last word goes to a spokesman for the EU parliament. From Wordnik.com. [Serving its paymasters] Reference
This moral emollient she applied, as popular people usually do, without discrimination. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859] Reference
For the moment, perhaps, a few emollient words from a leader writer can defer open hostilities. From Wordnik.com. [Tory press defenders of Middle England rail against the toffs] Reference
The dried leaves, when soaked out in warm water, will serve as an excellent emollient poultice. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
There were emollient statements in Lukashenko's manifesto about the rule of law and private property. From Wordnik.com. [Belarus: That's enough democracy | Editorial] Reference
Its leaves are fleshy, with a bitter saline taste, whilst the juice is slightly acrid, but emollient. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
But what we see is consistent with hardline social views sugar-coated with an emollient, sunny personality. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Huckabee On 1992 AIDS Stance: "Safety First, Political Correctness Last"] Reference
"The sweet, mucilaginous juice extracted from the roots by boiling is much esteemed as an emollient in colds.". From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
In fact, the amount of money the World Bank under the emollient Robert Zoellick is garnering continues to rise. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
A skilful surgeon made a cure of the flagellated Candide in three weeks by means of emollient unguents prescribed by. From Wordnik.com. [Candide] Reference
Oil, and all things of an emollient and oily nature, disagree with such ulcers, unless they are getting nearly well. From Wordnik.com. [On Ulcers] Reference
And that was the show's one real problem: Rumer enfolded us in emollient, mono-tempo music, and never upped the pace. From Wordnik.com. [Rumer] Reference
The Guardian wrote that many ministers would be 'glad to see the back' of me and longed for a more emollient successor. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
No soft hand of woman smoothed his pillow or relieved the agony of pain and suffering by the timely opiate or emollient. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
This did not come as a great surprise to many, although the emollient Oliver Heald was talked of as a late runner for the post. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing like a good bit of Whipping...] Reference
Recently I discovered Villainess “Whipped” – a richly emollient, veganesque body cream that I will never be without again. From Wordnik.com. [Cheap Thrills and Nostalgia: Villainess’ Jai Mahal and The Girls Love] Reference
He/she comes back all emollient and says Yes you do catch some of the complexity but read a good history to get the whole picture. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
However, if the sounds of waxwings have a gloriously soft emollient quality, then their appetites are as ferocious as a January gale. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk] Reference
Father Sarsfield frowned as though he was looking for some emollient words, but it was Oliveira who finally broke the awkward silence. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Battle]
As an emollient it is said to be useful in some painful affections of the joints; the negroes deem it a sovereign remedy in "bone ache.". From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Might it make for a more emollient relationship between Scudamore and the FA than under the acting chairman's predecessor, Lord Triesman?. From Wordnik.com. [John W Henry and Liverpool keep quiet about £45m loan deals] Reference
This oil is not met with in commerce, being all used by the inhabitants, either as an emollient remedy, or for oiling the works of watches. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
For anyone out there like me, with little access to university libraries, but still with that lifelong learning itch, these books make the perfect emollient. From Wordnik.com. [42 entries from November 2007] Reference
Unlike his emollient predecessor, Sir Rod Eddington, Walsh has an uncompromising style and has proved willing to confront unions head-on, with decidedly mixed results. From Wordnik.com. [Willie Walsh hopes British Airways will have a harmonious future with Iberia – and Unite] Reference
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