Calm
Calm verb - To free from distress or disturbance.
Tries
Both words in one sentence
- Sands of Destruction: Kyrie gets a lot of flack for being an Action Survivor and Distressed Dude who tries to calm everyone down and talk his way out of fights instead of jumping in blade first.
Source: What Measure Is a Non-Badass? -
He kills mice just by petting them, kills a puppy by trying to play-hit it, and tries to calm Curly's Wife down by shaking her, but instead breaks her neck.
Source: Literature / Of Mice and Men - He tries to calm host Billy Dexter by saying that it's not loaded, only to immediately and fatally shoot him.
Source: Fatal Method Acting
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