He put a hand on mine, and spoke soothingly.

He spoke soothingly and told her that, somehow, things would work out well.

She felt someone patting her shoulder, a voice spoke soothingly.

She passed the crying child to Marion, who carried him away, speaking soothingly.

Both images speak soothingly of home and are, in a way, interchangeable.

She spoke soothingly, but he did not understand her.

Jamie spoke soothingly, and I saw him reach out a hand for something on the table.

He still seemed to be speaking soothingly to the unseen creatures.

She tried to speak to it soothingly, but the words stuck in her throat.

"It really could've been so much worse," she spoke soothingly.