Examples of 'placate' in a sentence
Meaning of "placate"
To placate (verb) means to make someone less angry or hostile by making concessions or showing goodwill
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- To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
How to use "placate" in a sentence
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They are trying to placate you with a sacrifice.
Richard thought he knew how to placate her.
We had better placate them with prayers.
If you see boxtrolls do not placate them.
I am gonna placate him with the water.
We would need a motive to placate the jury.
We try to placate and apologize and minimize.
Mere talk will not placate them.
To placate the anger of evil spirits.
That will not placate the mob.
I could have found the words to placate.
Impress the gods placate their anger.
To placate the murderer within you.
You are only trying to placate your ego.
Trying to placate a city on the brink of civil war.
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This stance failed to placate the bishops.
Pray to placate the strength of this countries volcanoes.
It may be also be conducted to placate a personal deity.
Do not placate it with empty words.
Karađorđe attempted to placate the mutineers.
I tried to placate her with a large beef bone.
I should not have to compromise to placate mediocrity.
This was to placate me when the restaurant first opened.
Walker attempted humor to placate his wife.
To placate this unstable man.
Her sacrifice will placate the people.
He has to be punished we have the execute him to placate.
We have better placate them with prayers.
So now you are just trying to placate me.
A shrine built to placate an angry mountain god.
Surely this magnificent house will placate them.
I know how to placate your mother.
Unless you are able to give me something to placate them.
Such awareness will placate the mutual hatreds.
And they are hard to placate.
That should placate the base.
As if such a stupid explanation will placate me.
May their agony placate your rightful anger.
Do not say you came to placate me.
It was designed to placate the nullifiers by lowering tariff rates.
Do what you can to placate him.
Placate them with prayers.
Some teach ways to placate the gods.
Oftentimes the right words are enough to placate.
This was meant to placate the birth mother.
The mea culpa has done little to placate.
They attempted to placate the students.
They may placate in one situation and blame in another.
This is the time to placate them.
He tried to placate her with a gentle and soothing voice.
