placate

Example Sentences

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And she has one of the best laugh lines in the movie when she bats her eyes at the baddies and tries to placate them with, “You guys seem like good people.”

From Los Angeles Times

Baelor, a politician and a feudal dynast, might understand on some level that by fighting with Dunk, he is, in his own way, upholding the dignity of the crown and keeping the commoners placated.

From Salon

To placate Lydia, she agreed to ask Dickie’s family for a meeting, banking on the fact that Dickie’s son, Jimmy, would refuse.

From Literature

Captain Cristian Romero's flying last-minute header salvaged a point for the visitors at Turf Moor but it was not enough to placate frustrated fans.

From Barron's

That code was broken this weekend after the government announced it would release "a large number" of prisoners in an apparent gesture to placate Washington.

From Barron's