Sentence examples for an attempt to pacify from inspiring English sources
(Some Asian women were hired as indentured servants, too, mostly in an attempt to pacify the men).
In an attempt to pacify the competition watchdogs in its pursuit of SFR, Bouygues agreed to sell its network and some frequencies to Free.
The agreement, which was signed Monday at the house of the province's chief minister, seems to be an attempt to pacify the region through negotiation.
Gunung Bromo, on Java, has an annual festival when offerings are thrown into the crater in an attempt to pacify the gods.
In an attempt to pacify hostile religious leaders and win round Tory opponents, ministers announced a series of safeguards for churches and places of worship that do not want to conduct the ceremonies.
Re "In Border City Talk, Obama Urges G.O.P. to Help Overhaul Immigration Law" (news article, May 11): Many of the reports of President Obama's recent speech on immigration in El Paso have suggested that the president's focus on immigration is an attempt to pacify Hispanic voters.
Defenders of the policeman, Officer Stephen Roach, said the misdemeanor charges amounted to a split-the-baby attempt to pacify the city.
Were we to attempt to pacify all of Afghanistan, on the other hand, however, it would be nothing but heat, as Russia and Britain before us have discovered to their great cost.
During the height of the civil war, for example, Sistani told Shia Iraqis that the Sunnis are "ourselves, not [only] our brothers" in attempt to pacify angry groups who wanted nothing but revenge.
But some Mahdi Army factions may be targeting foreigners in general in response to the arrest and killing of several of their chieftains by American forces in the course of the four-month-old "surge" of soldiers into Baghdad.American commanders have until now regarded Mr Sadr as "reconcilable", saying he has usually acquiesced in their attempt to pacify the city.
In another attempt to pacify protesters, the government promised to speed up the pace of reform.
