Sentence examples for the appeasing of from inspiring English sources

The sad representatives of a fate-beleaguered citizenry, they intermittently call forth, for the appeasing of the gods, a troupe of adolescent girls to perform a frenzied, ritual dance in abbreviated tunics.

Notable features of the Hill Complex included a huge boulder in a shape similar to that of the Zimbabwe Bird, from where the king presided over every important ritual, such as the judgment of criminals, the appeasing of ancestors and sacrifices to rainmaker gods.

Maybe those bared ducts, those moving parts, those steel surfaces and gigantic, top-lit open spaces for working in were all some kind of unacknowledged appeasing of the gods of industry.

Dozens of the smaller ships continued up to the bridge, appeasing some of the waiting spectators there.

I am hopeful that our policy makers will begin to pay more attention to the growing number of voices that want our oceans protected, instead of appeasing the interests of wealthy oil and gas companies.

He said he tried to dampen expectations of appeasing the cult of youth.

Instead of appeasing the despots of her homeland, she has confronted them head-on and received serious physical and mental injuries as a result.

Why would the International Olympic Committee think that appeasing the dictators of China now is a wise course of action?

All governments face the tricky balance of appeasing the markets without damaging growth: Britain's new government had a go this week (see article).

There have always been those who think it is "good to talk" to terrorists, a view which echoes the 1930s policy of appeasing the European dictators.

He felt that President Truman was generally a good president, but was hampered by the Roosevelt legacy of appeasing the Soviets.