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Recent Examples of unguentCosmetics emporium Belizean Breezes Soap Co. sells all-natural unguents for face and body.—Gemma Price, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025 All the perfumed unguents and performative rituals of fame are present.—Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025 The first was molecules from embalming ingredients such as oils, waxes and unguents.—Sarah Everts, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 TikTok has its Get Ready With Mes, where influencers chat over their plethora of skin-nourishing unguents and artful makeup products.—Constance Grady, Vox, 6 June 2024 Nevertheless, our ancestors had some inkling that different substances, when applied as ointments, unguents, or pastes, could protect or heal skin from a range of injuries, including sun damage.—Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 But the notion of an alien worm producing its own mind-melting unguent doesn’t seem especially bonkers.—Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
River, stream, lake, ocean, or pond–Southerners know that sometimes the best balm for a fraught mind or stressful season is a quick trip to the nearest body of water.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
16 May 2026
The lip balm, on the other hand, blends cocoa butter, coconut oil and shea butter, offering a nourishing — albeit tangy — formula.
Those numbers came as a salve for the broader equity market, in which gains are being increasingly concentrated in semiconductors and AI infrastructure stocks, suggesting the current equity boom may have a weak foundation.
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Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
Carrick, a deeply reassuring figure as a player, was a salve.