Sentence examples for placating words from inspiring English sources

"placating words" is correct and usable in written English
It refers to words or phrases that are used to calm or soothe someone in order to avoid conflict or anger. Example: During their argument, John used placating words to try and calm down his angry wife. "I know I made a mistake, but please forgive me," he said.

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Such placating words hardly satisfied investors.

But not one of those placating words describes hunting accurately.

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Countries that lack America's resources will not be placated by words alone.Charlene Barshefsky, America's trade representative, who has long campaigned for China's WTO membership and is likely to leave office with Mr Clinton, and Pascal Lamy, her European Union counterpart, are both due to visit Beijing this month.

Faham, who seemed to know a secret about the codex that the Israeli establishment was trying fervidly to conceal, was clearly not placated by Ben-Zvi's words.

The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, said Shorten would not "stare down" people smugglers and accused him of using "soft words" to placate the public.

Either, logic is not the minister's strong suit and what is on offer is an unseemly fudge of words to placate his audience at the University of Keele.

Of course "the language we use matters," and using nuanced, sophisticated words to placate the Muslim world, where so many support the use of terror, is not an improvement over the supposed primitive good-versus-evil doctrine of the Bush administration.

The Czech government sought to remove the final hurdle to the Lisbon Treaty today, calling on European leaders to concede a form of words to placate their president and arch eurosceptic, Vaclav Klaus, in return for his quick signature on the reform treaty.

Most were placated with the comforting words of their popular president, Inacio Lula da Silva, who said that the international crisis that has engulfed leading economies would only be felt on Brazil's shores like a "tiny wave".

He began his speech with words aimed at placating the audience, stressing that the US commitment to Israel is "ironclad".

Politicians — including Abraham Lincoln — parsed their words carefully to placate their constituents.

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