Sentence examples for conciliatory of from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'conciliatory of' is not correct or usable in written English
Instead, the phrase 'conciliatory toward/towards' should be used. For example, "She took a conciliatory approach towards the matter."

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The misjudgment was not just the excessive force; it was the decision to attack Jordan, whose king, Hussein, had been the most conciliatory of all the Arab leaders.

Field Marshal Thanom, who served as prime minister, was generally seen as the most conciliatory of the three, while Field Marshal Praphas was the hard-liner.

The leader of the Communists' General Confederation of Labour, Bernard Thibault, who ran the campaign in 1995, is still in charge, though he has sounded a bit more conciliatory of late.

Tonight's was the most conciliatory of their encounters, reflecting the recognition of both that, with Mr. Bradley's failure to win a single primary contest so far, the race was likely to end soon.

And Obama isn't Edwards--he is significantly to the right of Edwards and on the fight/compromise spectrum he is actually the most conciliatory of the three candidates.

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The words "diversity," "representation" and "inclusion" have all become part of the conciliatory language of Hollywood as of late so much so that the conversation alone might convince you the numbers have changed.

However, while Rorty uses hermeneutics to label a position that stands opposed to epistemology-based philosophy, past and present, McDowell's appropriation of hermeneutics consists in part of a conciliatory reading of the past, in particular, of Kant.

He was a fierce critic of the conciliatory policies of Captain Terence O'Neill, the first prime minister of Northern Ireland to try to establish a closer relationship with the Republic.

Cooler heads hoped to avoid bloodshed and gain possession by negotiation; they made much of the conciliatory words of William H. Seward, already selected to be Secretary of State in the incoming administration.

Perhaps we should look to reducing the bear-pit atmosphere in our politics by adopting the more conciliatory arrangements of some of our European neighbours.

A contingent of rebels held out in the virtually impregnable Kenilworth Castle and did not surrender until the drafting of the conciliatory Dictum of Kenilworth.

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