propitiatory
Example Sentences
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There was a brief Cabinet crisis, in which Premier Solh shuffled his ministers in a faintly propitiatory manner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ancestors are invoked who around her as she starts the propitiatory dance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Huckins rubbed his hands together in satisfaction at this smile, and sidled up to the simpering spinster with a very propitiatory air.
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Anna Katharine Green
In his hand the Governor held a paper; his usually austere face wore a slightly propitiatory expression, while the eyes he turned upon her, as slowly he entered the room, suggested a respite of differences.
From The Lady of the Mount by Frederic Stewart Isham
In the heart of mankind there is a tiny shrine with its burning taper; the idol is Self; the propitiatory light is for subliminal foes.
From Unicorns by James Huneker
