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    Use "appeasing" in a sentence

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    appeasing


    1. These appeasing designs (cloaked as open-mindedness) are being advanced from a position of weakness that will (inevitably) strengthen the morale of our ideological enemies while proportionately weakening our nation‘s resolve to defend itself from further attacks


    2. Finally appeasing the wine, her trim body relaxed and tiny beads of perspiration appeared on her upper lip as nectar materializes on the petal of a rose


    3. Also, he realised that any argument that wasn’t appeasing to a mob would simply provoke anger and, possibly, aggression


    4. -Constantly put down regardless of how appeasing they are


    5. She hovered a brief, appeasing smile and then


    6. The barman looked over to Byron and shrugged at the unforeseen completion of their monetary transaction, Byron gave an appeasing nod, it was altogether for the best


    7. Thinking they were appeasing him, Darek said, “No need to


    8. On accosting his friend to ascertain why he should remain poor despite appeasing their deity as demanded, the rich man told his friend that he was not destined to be rich, and that he should sacrifice his second son so the deity could review his case


    9. He had stayed in business long enough without appeasing any pagan gods—and he was quite certain that the gods did not pay close attention to Alaska anyway


    10. The purpose is to extort a specific response from animalistic impulses, then appeasing the beast with a desirable need

    11. The noise managed to lull her, appeasing her briefly in her dilemma over her role within the Lakellers society


    12. Simply by claiming to be in touch with the other side… by setting themselves up as mouthpieces of their dead, departed ancestors, or whatever unseen spirits or deities that tribe happened to worship… they became a special, privileged, elite class of governing rulers holding the power of life and death over their fellow tribesmen… until for untold thousands of years… these tribes ended up spending most of their energy, effort and wealth; appeasing and worshipping all unseen spirits: which incidentally, is exactly what any human entity on the other side would enjoy most: power, fame, and the ultimate status of being deified as virtual gods


    13. Instead of appeasing him with a reaction, she smiled sweetly and then took a sip of wine


    14. Alice sat upon his knee, parting the gray hairs on the forehead of the old man with her delicate fingers; and whenever he affected to frown on her trifling, appeasing his assumed anger by pressing her ruby lips fondly on his wrinkled brow


    15. The British and French could have tried manoeuvring or bluffing rather than simply appeasing Hitler, but it can’t be denied that appeasement seemed to many people at the time the only realistic policy


    16. How Langdon eased his pain and soothed his vanity? Whenever an old Babylonian nobleman had a misfortune, he used to order all his slaves to be lashed, that their shrieks and moans might join his in appeasing the god who was punishing him


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    Synonyms for "appeasing"

    appeasing placating placative placatory agreeable compatible deferential conciliatory obliging harmonious civil

    "appeasing" definitions

    intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions