pacify

Example Sentences

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There’s a mercenary quality to the more ostentatious looks; they please crowds or pacify them for long enough to compel closer listening to the intricacies of her music.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

It starts with Lamar rapping quickly but calmly over a smooth-jazz backdrop, taunting, “I make music that electrify ’em, you make music that pacify ’em.”

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

The industry has previously tried to pacify the public and regulators with promises that never materialized, he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

The celebration lasted for half an hour before they realized this was just a piece of wishful thinking someone had spread around to pacify them.

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2023

“If you don’t want to tell me, that’s fine. But don’t fabricate some story out of a misguided desire to pacify or impress me.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss