peaceable

Example Sentences

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“FPC will continue to fight forward until all peaceable people can fully exercise their right to carry in California and throughout the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

“We’ve held great trust in our justice system as they work through this process of holding accountable those who seek to threaten our First Amendment rights to free speech and peaceable assembly,” she said.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023

The judge said Jenkins was a "peaceable man" of "excellent character" who tended to avoid confrontation but on Christmas night wanted to get Mr Birch away from his family "knowing what he was capable of".

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2023

Black activist Brittany Martin was, for instance, convicted in 2022 of "breaching the peace" for shouting in officers' faces during a peaceable assembly in Sumter, South Carolina, in 2020.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2023

If her grandfather had been there, he might have told her that a peaceable spirit was the reward of charity.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt