It harms the brain, suspends or annihilates critical thought, pollutes the mind, dumbing it down and tranquilising it with endless trivia, cultivating dissatisfaction and envy of the rich or better off.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Sudden irregularities and constrictions cause small waves to break, and jets to impact the water, trapping bubbles of air; cavitation creates bubbles of water vapour where the water impacts upon rock and stone; the bubbles oscillate, creating sound waves in the water, which propagate to the surface, and thence transmit to the air as a tranquilising murmur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

Acting in conformity with this shallow and false estimate of the situation, they allowed to drift away unused the time which wise statesmen would have employed in the effectuation of conciliatory and tranquilising measures, and applied themselves simply to the crushing out from the Irish mind of every hope of improved legislation, and the defeat of every effort to obtain it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Speeches from the Dock, Part I] Reference

Then Lindsey German was up, doing a decent job of tranquilising that elephant.    From Wordnik.com.  [RESPECT - THE UNITY COALITION (The Respect Supporters Blog)] Reference

Lois is downed by a tranquilising sniper while Stewie makes a heartwarming discovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference

Forest authorities swung into action by tranquilising the tiger and releasing it into the forest.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

This is no time to indulge in the narcissism of self-flagellation, or to take the tranquilising drug of mass denial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference

But what she did had a tranquilising effect; she seemed to enable life to win the victory over the insidious pranks of apparitions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gänsemännchen. English] Reference

"Quiet, now, quiet, Master Hunston," said Pike, "or I shall have to try means for tranquilising you which you won't find agree with you.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece] Reference

The officials said the poachers removed the horns after tranquilising the rhino and left it in a bleeding state in Jhaoni area of the vast Park.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News & Analysis] Reference

Another proven fact is that the rhythm and repetition of walking has a tranquilising effect on your brain, and it decreases anxiety and improves sleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

"We immediately evacuated the visitors and tried to locate the cats before tranquilising one of them relaxing by the side of a pool inside the zoo," he added.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

As it was, however, the moderate and tranquilising authority of the kings had so fostered it that it was at last able to bring forth the fair fruits of liberty in the maturity of its strength.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Rome, Vol. I] Reference

They couldn't have shot tranquilising gas into the house while he was dozing (ah sure, some PC Plod would have had to go close to the window to do that and he might have got his nice blue shirt dirty).    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52] Reference

Since becoming prime minister, Putin has fuelled speculation that he could return to the Kremlin one day with a series of high-profile stunts, baring his chest while riding a horse in Siberia and even tranquilising a Siberian tiger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

OM spa features a wide range of rejuvenating treatments for busy travellers as well as meeting participants to unwind and de-stress after a hectic schedule in a tranquilising environment, allowing them to walk away feeling refreshed and calm.    From Wordnik.com.  [ETravelBlackboard.com] Reference

MANGALORE: Drawing working models of mind-tranquilising technique and mind-reading technique from the Bhagavad Gita is possible, according to Ramachandra Bhat Kodimane, Dean of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samstha, a deemed university near Bangalore.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in an advisory issued to the state government sought immediate tranquilising of the two-and-half-year-old tiger to be kept inside the enclosure till it is able to make its own kills before being released in forests of the reserve.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

Helicopters could be armed with stun-guns for tranquilising animal herds, "General Zuze said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

I'm looking forward to the tranquilising effect of the antique some myself, "he added, hedging.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')] Reference

What tranquilising agent do they use?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good For The Goose « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

How tranquilising it was!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series] Reference

Boris, it is true, sometimes woke at night with a start and a hot remembrance of the clutch the Squire had given his hand when he stood under the oak tree, and Nell sobbed out piteously once or twice, "Oh, father's face, oh, father's face;" but father was not with them and mother was, and the sun rose and set as usual, and the fruit ripened in great plenty, and the pets were all well, and it was holiday time, and mother earth was specially tranquilising and kind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World] Reference