Sentence examples for placate a from inspiring English sources

Just as over the nuclear agreement, Khamenei must placate a variety of constituents.

It is the voice of someone who is trying to lull or placate a drunken giant.

And he will need to co-opt or placate a swarm of lobbyists.

Famous Anglican fudge might placate a churchmanship niggle but proves altogether unpalatable in matters of belief.

Is the company making this wrong-headed decision just to placate a director's last-minute whim?

It relies on media management techniques to placate a public that is finally demanding answers and growing more skeptical.

'This administration is ignoring the evidence in order to placate a handful of large energy and oil companies,' he added.

For the negotiations to succeed, though, Mrs. Arroyo must find a way to placate a bitter, largely Christian opposition.

He is the one who has to put a show on the stage and placate a public that prefers buffo comedy and singers with good high C's.

In one episode, revellers in evening dress emerge from a party to placate a picket line with plates of free food.

To suggest further that India has to give away a sizeable chunk of Kashmir to placate a nasty bunch of terrorists and troublemakers across the border is perverse.