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

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

He also accuses the Canadian star of selling out, saying he only makes music to "pacify" fans.

From BBC ● May 1, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

“Shall I tell her, sir? She’s been demanding to see someone in authority for a long time. The conductor’s been trying to pacify her.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

“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

Even the dissimulation,—the first, perhaps, that he ever practised, by which, to prevent the execution of his purpose from being disturbed, he pacifies his comrades, must be considered as the fruit of greatness of soul.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

“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

“I have faith that very soon all this region is going to be pacified and brotherhood and concord will return,” he said during a recent visit to La Concordia to inaugurate a new bridge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

With the SAG-AFTRA strike holding up all studio productions, DaCosta was itching to get going – and only occasionally pacified by her half-Yorkie, half-Maltese dog named Maude.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 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

It’s this exposé of societal absurdity and Meursault’s atheistic refusal to play along with pacifying notions of sin and redemption, that makes“The Stranger” a pinnacle of confrontational literature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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

Rights groups in the past have dismissed government probes as a public relations tool aimed at pacifying public anger.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

"The coalition has done a tremendous job in pacifying potential distrust in the government," said Abbas.

From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2022

He moved among them like a politician, cajoling, encouraging, smiling, gently disagreeing, pacifying.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman