propitiate

Example Sentences

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“In ancient times, contagions were attributed to the wrath of goddesses... that needed to be propitiated,” said Namboothiri in Malayalam.

From Washington Post

Norman’s description of a crisis over which deity to propitiate, a crisis that began with the thirteenth and continues to the present day, is impressive in its clarity.

From New York Times

The base had, in Gingrich’s formulation, become something new: not a coalition to be expanded but a force to be propitiated or crossed at Bush’s peril.

From New York Times

And he must have propitiated the cycling gods at the start, for he suffered only one flat tire the entire ride.

From Washington Post

The films feature a recurring archetype: the arrival of a stranger, the discovery of a secret cult, then a vicious murder, perhaps a sacrifice, designed to propitiate pagan gods.

From The Guardian