Sentence examples for To propitiate from inspiring English sources
verb
To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
To propitiate these ghosts and keep them from the household, ritual observances called Lemuria were held yearly on May 9, 11, and 13.
To propitiate the goddess of springtime and coax her into making an early appearance, I opened Galluccio's newly released 2001 rosé.
In order to propitiate himself, apparently.
Siren voices tell Ed Miliband to propitiate Wapping.
She advises passing motorists to propitiate the saint with a modest gift of rupees.
An imaginary ancient tribe sacrifices a young virgin to propitiate the god of spring.
The worshiper's gifts to propitiate or please the gods were placed on an altar nearby.
Local tribes liked to propitiate their gods by chucking treasures into the muddy Thames.
As a result, many Muslims feel they have to propitiate other people's prejudice and ignorance.
Zizi was throwing a house-purification ceremony, in order to propitiate his family's resident djinns.
The Aztecs were people trying to propitiate angry, nasty, bloodthirsty gods.
