Sentence examples for everything to placate from inspiring English sources

We tried everything to placate the locals.

You might walk on eggshells and do everything you can do to placate him, because you remember how charming and funny he can be.

It was everything he could possibly do to placate the left, short of cutting off a hand.

Some have tried to placate tribes with everything from chain saws to outboard motors.

Some investors refused to be placated.

Trying to placate everyone, he only exacerbated everything.

That's because the restrictions have little to do with concerns about public health or containing a potential social evil and everything to do with politics — the government simply wants to throw a bone to placate its conservative base.

That little pep talk is not likely to placate a frenzied fan base that can find talismen in everything from headphone-wearing fans to farm animals, the product of 99 years without a world championship.

So I figured everything was going to be O.K., and I just sat back and watched the movie that the flight attendants put on to placate the passengers.

His remarks failed to placate Ms. Warren.

This is unlikely to placate angry protestors.