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Meanings of appeasing in English

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
2
Turkey is not in the business these days of placating old allies.
The Irish Times
3
As a means of placating this very sensitive class the correspondent writes:-
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919
4
They make money, and no one dies, Sandra said, placating him gently.
Nightwalker
5
The measure was aimed at placating Israel's ally the United States.
Reuters
1
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
2
Only then will we install some pride back into this placatory movement.
The Guardian
3
The answer was neither antagonistic nor placatory; it was merely colorless.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
4
She gave a placatory grunt and the hammering was not resumed.
Anno Dracula
5
Once in a while, placatory, she gave in to his entreaties.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
1
Finally Silas went home defeated, with a last word, half condemnatory, half placative.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
Usage of appeasing in English
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Swan himself was far from sure he wanted to do any appeasing.
Long time coming: a novel
2
And in the end he says: by way of appeasing his conscience:
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
3
Here he found considerable difficulty in appeasing the indignation of Lady Lucretia.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
4
It was about keeping the coalition government together and appeasing the Greens.
The Guardian
5
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?
11
To do this for Trump is not simply appeasing, but legitimising his regime.
The Guardian
12
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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