How do you use the word "allay" in a sentence?

An examples of a sentence with the word "allay" is: "The governor had to allay the state's fears of job losses by announcing a new factory in the state capital." Another example is: "Mary needed to allay Rob's issues of rejection by accepting his offer of a date."

To allay means to put to rest issues, fears, doubts, emotions, pain and dilemmas by offering some gesture or action. The term also means to lessen, alleviate, relieve, rest, calm, quiet or mitigate. When someone allays an issue, the effect is to calm another person or group of people from taking action based on an emotional state such as fear, hate, anger or upset.