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Значения термина placative на английском

Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions.

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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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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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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
Использование термина placative на английском
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Finally Silas went home defeated, with a last word, half condemnatory, half placative.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
Placative через время