Sentence examples for did little to placate from inspiring English sources

That did little to placate Britain's political establishment.

But it did little to placate her sister.

Her explanations, however, did little to placate fellow parliamentarians.

The government responded to that popular discontent by announcing a package of subsidies for basic goods, but that did little to placate critics, and protests continued.

Yet a letter recently sent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from Frank Lautenberg and Jon A. Corzine, the state's two senators, did little to placate activists.

USA Swimming announced a partnership Monday with a national children's group to help protect athletes from sexual abuse, a move that did little to placate the most vocal critics of the embattled governing body.

These efforts, Yeğen, found, have done little to placate Turkey's Kurds.

But that has done little to placate the protesters, tired of sacrifice as it recovers slowly from a long recession.

But that gesture, and the agreement over the constitutional amendments, appeared to do little to placate his vocal opponents.

But assurances from both countries' armed forces appear to have done little to placate those angered by the incident, who include Senator Larissa Waters of the Australian Greens Party.

Mr. Obama and other senior American officials have repeatedly apologized, but the expressions of regret have done little to placate angry Afghans, including Mr. Karzai.