pacify

There’s a mercenary quality to the more ostentatious looks; they please crowds or pacify them for long enough to compel closer listening to the intricacies of her music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025

India has already cut tariffs on a number of goods in the past few months and is reportedly considering more wide-ranging cuts to pacify Trump.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025

A Kenyan court blocked a U.N.-backed plan to deploy the country’s officers to help pacify violence on Haiti’s streets.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024

Local officials said police would investigate the incident, in an attempt to pacify the villagers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

Cutting my father out of our lives to pacify Abel, that was her choice.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

“People are saying, ‘Let’s give our peculiar new king a chance,’ while the prospect of an election pacifies a lot of the frustration and rage that people would otherwise feel.”

From New York Times ● May 7, 2023

Nov. 8 is his “Groundhog Day,” on endless repeat, in a way that pleases and pacifies him.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2017

But most of all, the playoffs and progress depend upon some clear direction in an organization that has shown indecision as it pacifies its various factions.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2016

“Is it really something that pacifies? Or is it something that drives apart?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2016

The King being obliged to send back his captive, enters into a furious contest with Achilles, which Nestor pacifies; however, as he had the absolute command of the army, he seizes on Briseis in revenge.

From The Iliad by Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby

“What catches on is completely unpredictable, there’s almost a mysterious alchemy to it. What’s clear is this: The regime hasn’t pacified them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026

This is a man who has pacified a team who seemed to be at war with itself once.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024

When winds blow hard across the lake and storms brew over its waters, it is said that Michi-Cihualli is angry and must be pacified.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

The companies pacified the recruits with niceties onshore and offshore.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023

He pacified his conscience by promising himself a compensatingly harder self-discipline, purifications the more complete and thorough.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

At this point, even pacifying the thousands of fans who protested against the club's ownership before the Old Trafford defeat by 10-man City looks beyond them.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

If the Fed is otherwise confident in its bank-liquidity regulations, there’s no obvious reason pacifying the overnight lending market should be a policy concern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Shetty’s voice, as you might expect from a meditation expert, is extremely pacifying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2023

Gradually, Chen’s measures succeeded in pacifying the unrest.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

Kote made a pacifying gesture with the hand that held the spoon.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss