Sentence examples for appease resentment from inspiring English sources

The legislation was introduced to appease resentment of the central government's control of natural resource revenues and its insensitivity to regional differences.

But today, in mosques safe from informers, preachers from Syria's majority Sunni sect denounce the Alawite regime that lords it over the eastern Mediterranean coast after 1,400 years of Sunni rule.President Bashar Assad has done much to appease Sunni resentment, including marrying a Sunni.

Other times, I felt resentment for dimming my light to appease the ego of another.

If Abu Yahya al-Libi's death is confirmed, Washington may feel vindicated, but it will not appease a large section of Pakistani society, for whom US drone attacks have become a source of considerable resentment, our correspondent adds.

As a natural dealmaker, Reynolds tried to appease those with unyielding views on both sides of the issue and within his government, but he was unsuccessful, and lingering resentment on all sides was the outcome.

Resentment.... Embarrassment.

To appease Congress?

More resentment.

That could appease many shareholders.

I tried to appease her.

"You appease him.