pacificatory
Example Sentences
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The shouts of the crowd sounded pacificatory, entreating; they blended into a thick, indistinct babel, in which there was something hopeless and pitiful.
From Mother by Maksim Gorky
“That is quite true,” observed Raleigh, with a pacificatory nod at Noah.
From A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs
"I—I didn' say I had any objection to fightin'-men, not when they're quiet," Mrs Bosenna made haste to observe in a pacificatory tone.
From Hocken and Hunken by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Clear, frank, open to reasonable representation, correct to his promise; in fact, industriously conciliatory and pacificatory: such is Friedrich to all Silesian men.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Thomas Carlyle
Mr. Barrett would have advised more pacificatory talk.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
