placatory
Example Sentences
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That placatory language was met by a furious response from Qatari officials, who called the attack a “flagrant violation” of Qatar’s sovereignty and its airspace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025
He offered a couple of placatory bromides about the continuing virility of Real Madrid.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
And there are enough useful crumbs of history to straight out a few popular rewritings, such as Roger Guenveur Smith's more honest depiction of Booker T. Washington as a figure placatory of white supremacy.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2020
It was torturous, a placatory exercise, where people spoke of testosterone and cavemen and no longer being breadwinners.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2019
Even the placatory vigil is held perilous, except in company, and a boy was pointed out to me in Rotoava, because he had watched alone by his own father.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
