pacify

Example Sentences

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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

His top priority since taking power has been to unite a bitterly divided Syria, and pacify external relations with its neighbours, while he cements his power and control.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

It starts with Lamar rapping quickly but calmly over a smooth-jazz backdrop, taunting, “I make music that electrify ’em, you make music that pacify ’em.”

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023

I tried to pacify her, and at last succeeded, and she lay quiet; but I could hear her poor dear heart still beating terribly.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker