Examples of 'placating' in a sentence
Meaning of "placating"
placate (verb) - To make someone less angry or hostile by making concessions or soothing actions
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- present participle of placate
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He was just placating her for the moment.
You have come after much placating.
No more placating and kowtowing to these ideologues.
Your pity has no hope of placating my anger.
Placating students with a fun event.
You cannot honestly believe that placating me.
That means placating his ex wife.
Choose to compromise and negotiate instead of placating.
Had the most placating effect on me.
I do not want you to marry me because you are placating me.
And no one is placating anyone.
I tried to be encouraging without being placating.
He was always successful at placating the nobles and malcontents though.
Such a placating policy only emboldens the mullahs in continuing suppression and terrorism.
He could not always be placating hers.
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You should not be placating her or walking on eggshells though.
She seems to spend most of her time placating the sister.
I am not placating my daughter.
Perhaps we should bury our dead before we start placating their killers.
Stop placating me.
Whether or not lobsters even experience pain that requires placating is a whole other question.
There was just no placating him so Steve shrugged and gave up.
These arrests were aimed at placating Egypt.
This is very unlike the placating of spirits or exorcism found in the Zar dance.
Then leave me alone Your pity has no hope of placating my anger.
You are placating me.
It's not just about saying the right placating words.
Here Jeremiel was responsible for placating the righteous souls awaiting the Lord who resided there.
It 's often construed negatively as something that means simply placating others.
He said in a placating tone.
Are you just placating me because you are in a hurry to catch your plane?
Then we can return to placating Malamine.
He was just placating us ; literally playing with us.
As long as we keep placating Gary.
Instead of placating these men, you were told to bring them into the fold.
If it were not for me placating the Westerners.
Is that because you feel unworthy of a great person, or are you just placating me?
I would hate to think you were placating me to talk about Cynthia.
Placating students with a fun event . Classic bread and circuses.
You were not just placating me with a raincheck?
However, no measures shall be taken for the sole purpose of placating the natives.
Or was she just placating me to conform with the moment?
That is, a means of satisfying God and placating him.
You can not honestly believe that placating me is going to repair what 's been broken here.
I absolutely think that it is repairable . And no one is placating anyone.
If it weren't me placating the Westerners.
In fact, they become very wrathful about the whole idea of placating God 's wrath.
With a placating pat to his arm, Fraiser gave a small smile.
Oh, so you have finished placating your lady friend.
But placating the Americans proved difficult, and the Europeans took another wrong turn.
