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

With the speed of lightning it approached the castle, and a voice, as of a bassoon, sounded from out the cloud: "Where are my propitiatory sacrifices?"

From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various

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 Huneker, James

A timid propitiatory smile curved her sensitive mouth and arched her long, finely-drawn eyebrows.

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy