Sentence examples for I placate from inspiring English sources

I placate him.

"Continue with your story honey," I placate, my voice flat, attempting to cover up the shadow cast at the dinner table.

In quiet moments, I placate the screaming in my head by imaging how Ronnie Pickering's mooted Celebrity Big Brother 2016 appearance might have gone.

All the time I placated myself with the thought that I was making my way in the world.

I placated him as much as possible then, shaking my head in disbelief, I returned to class thinking little of it.

Up until now I placated myself in the name of self-preservation, because fighting a futile fight every day is demoralising.

All punctuated with: "Why isn't anyone doing anything about this?" I'm angry that the degenerate that attacked me is still freely walking the streets, but I'm placated by the response the video has had.

I attempted to placate coworkers and friends with excited details about what I'd order in and what book I'd been anxious to curl up with.

My response was mumbled gibberish because I had no answer ready, though I could also hear in her tone that nothing I said would placate her.

Andrew P., New York City The bag policy was aimed at reducing congestion at the finish line and, I suspect, placating the neighbors near the park.

I was placated – that is, until my shave club let me down.