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Significats de appeasing en anglès

Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions.

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Examples for "placating"
Examples for "placating"
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He held his free hand up, palm out, in a placating gesture.
The Fireman
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Turkey is not in the business these days of placating old allies.
The Irish Times
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As a means of placating this very sensitive class the correspondent writes:-
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919
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They make money, and no one dies, Sandra said, placating him gently.
Nightwalker
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The measure was aimed at placating Israel's ally the United States.
Reuters
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The Chevalier did not change his smooth, placatory tone as he replied:
The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border
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Only then will we install some pride back into this placatory movement.
The Guardian
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The answer was neither antagonistic nor placatory; it was merely colorless.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
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She gave a placatory grunt and the hammering was not resumed.
Anno Dracula
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Once in a while, placatory, she gave in to his entreaties.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
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Finally Silas went home defeated, with a last word, half condemnatory, half placative.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
Ús de appeasing en anglès
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Swan himself was far from sure he wanted to do any appeasing.
Long time coming: a novel
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And in the end he says: by way of appeasing his conscience:
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
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Here he found considerable difficulty in appeasing the indignation of Lady Lucretia.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
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It was about keeping the coalition government together and appeasing the Greens.
The Guardian
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The sense of the necessity for appeasing justice reveals itself in sacrifices.
The Heavenly Father: Lectures on Modern Atheism
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Agamemnon spoke of appeasing the gods and needing a safe passage home.
Helen of troy
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Xi is under pressure to stay cool, while appeasing hardliners back home.
Reuters
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This made the task of appeasing him very difficult to Mrs. Woodward.
The Three Clerks
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I shall, therefore, eat even this unclean food for appeasing my hunger.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
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Maybe she should have politely shut him down instead of appeasing him.
Sushi for one?
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To do this for Trump is not simply appeasing, but legitimising his regime.
The Guardian
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Romney issued a warning about the risks of appeasing the United States' No.
Reuters
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The bishop of London had the merit of appeasing their fury and resentment.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part B. / From...
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But the strategy, while appeasing the masses, is not without risks.
Reuters
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A third has suffered the same fate without appeasing the bandit.
Social Life in the Insect World
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All her energies had been devoted to appeasing the Conservative party's Brexit hardliners.
The Guardian
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