placating

Example Sentences

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Soundly beating earnings expectations isn’t placating investors skeptical of the durability of the frenzied AI data center buildout, which is driving these outsize earnings reports.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Neither satisfying the public’s prurient curiosity, nor allowing Epstein conspiracy theorists to second-guess prosecutorial judgment, nor placating a president’s political base is a valid reason to break the normal rule.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

“I don’t want him to suffer for the sake of placating other people,” said Mays’ daughter Jennifer Nutt, 47, of Merced.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2025

With Carol, we saw that evolution from a placating wife and grieving mother into someone acutely aware of how strangers see her, and the ways that she can use their assumptions to her advantage.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2024

And it began hurriedly to sing in a very placating way, but rather muffled because it dared not uncurl.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White