How to Use allay in a Sentence

allay

verb
Definition of allaynext
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  • The new advertising campaign is an attempt to allay the public's concerns about the safety of the company's products.
  • To allay these fears, leaders should be candid about their own mental health challenges.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • All these worries would be allayed if TikTok turns out to be a passing fad.
    — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
  • So far, Americans have kept up their spending, allaying fears of a recession.
    — Fortune, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The strong jobs report should allay concerns about a severe slowdown in the US economy.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Many theaters hired extra security to allay the fears of moviegoers.
    — Jaclyn Schildkraut, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The temporary reprieve did not allay worries about being displaced in an increasingly expensive city.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • But the revision did little to allay concerns over how the agency, which has been ordered by the state to submit a corrective action plan, handled Dylan’s death.
    — Dan Levin, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2019
  • That did nothing to allay concerns that the Republican president has used his office to enrich his business interests.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
  • One way to allay our own fears is simply to look at the facts.
    — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2022
  • To her credit, Katie does not try to allay those fears.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The planning did little to allay the fears of Rachel’s natives.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 13 Jan. 2020
  • But the March jobs report showed that wage growth was mild last month, which might allay any such fears.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The best way to allay inflation’s sting: Wages must catch up.
    — Oli Turner, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Biden is trying to allay those concerns by saying unions should be a part of the way ahead.
    — Josh Boak, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • Botswana's government has tried to allay people's fears of harm to the Delta.
    — Peter Rudden, CNN, 3 May 2021
  • These words, however, seem to not have been enough to allay fears.
    — Norma Young, Quartz Africa, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Our best hope to allay the dangers of Covid-19 is a vaccine, and the best case scenario is that a vaccine is still a year out.
    — Maria Streshinsky, Wired, 12 June 2020
  • The state acted to allay concerns by the Defense Department that the work could be done.
    — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Yet some of them had suspicions about me that my new hard hat did nothing to allay.
    — Michael Holtz, The Atlantic, 14 June 2021
  • To allay concerns, the Corps analyzed nine past sweeps of the area that includes Lalamilo.
    — Rob Perez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Xi tried to allay those concerns by referring to the country’s long-term growth prospects.
    — Tom Hancock, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • And that means Alsobrooks is spending a lot of time trying to allay fears.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Crews worked around the clock and wrapped up ahead of schedule, allaying fears the critical highway would be closed for many weeks.
    — Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2023
  • The bank’s findings could also help allay fears over credit cards.
    — Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 26 July 2022
  • In a bid to boost its standing in the eyes of the world, the group has sought to allay fears the country will become a hub for terror and instability.
    — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The Biden campaign has sought to allay those fears by posting strong fundraising numbers in the days after the debate.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 July 2024
  • Prime Day is an excellent time to get a video doorbell to help allay those concerns from afar.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2024
  • Any fear of that was quickly allayed by Mostel’s performance and by the Harnick & Bock tunes.
    — Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2023
  • Harris quickly allayed those concerns, at least among fellow Democrats.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024

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