pacify
Example Sentences
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That sleeping on it would help pacify everyone’s big feelings about whatever it was that happened tonight.
From Literature
“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.”
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.
“It’s impossible to say that the country is being pacified,” said Vargas, who said authorities should consider data from a range of what he called “lethal crimes” to accurately measure violence.
From Los Angeles Times
She wonders if her mother is being “engaged” or merely “pacified” by her companion.
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