pacificatory

Example Sentences

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Again Rufe laughed: "No—" he said with a quick pacificatory look to young Dave, "not to HIM!"

From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Fox, John

It emits pacificatory Proclamations, not a few; with more or with less result.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

His appointment was part of the pacificatory system promoted by Agricola.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward

The shouts of the crowd sounded pacificatory, entreating; they blended into a thick, indistinct babel, in which there was something hopeless and pitiful.

From Mother by Gorky, Maksim

“There’s no use of sending the Judge, anyhow,” said Raleigh, fearing by the glitter that came into the eye of the commander that trouble might ensue unless pacificatory measures were resorted to.

From The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. by Bangs, John Kendrick