appease

Example Sentences

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An attempt by aviation industry body Iata to defuse the situation - by stressing that its member airlines were keen to restore operations - failed to appease the Venezuelan government.

From BBC

Faculty are then pressured to appease students rather than uphold standards.

From The Wall Street Journal

With no sign of the protests abating, insiders question whether Borne's government has lost control of the political messaging necessary to appease the street.

From Reuters

South Carolina has done this so often, she knows the angles she must smile toward to appease the program’s photographers.

From Washington Post

Not everyone was appeased: “We don’t want a ‘pause,’” said Michel Davis, an Israeli who divides her time between Jerusalem and Chicago.

From Washington Post