How to Use placate in a Sentence

placate

verb
  • The angry customer was not placated by the clerk's apology.
  • The administration placated protesters by agreeing to consider their demands.
  • And the draft that has emerged appears to try to placate both.
    — Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News, 22 June 2017
  • So the girls resolve to have a hunt and placate the wilderness.
    — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The second call was meant to placate Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The second call was meant to placate Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The second call was meant to placate Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The second call was meant to placate Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6.
    — Jonathan Lemire, ajc, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The second call was meant to placate Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6.
    — Jonathan Lemire, chicagotribune.com, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The second call was meant to placate Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6.
    — Lolita Baldor, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The twins are then clothed, fed, and adorned to placate the spirit of the deceased.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023
  • This is, of course, a lie, meant to placate Mark S. just enough to get him back to his desk.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
  • That’s not true — but once again, the city wants to placate adults at the expense of children.
    — Christine M. Flowers, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The second column seemed to placate most of those angered by the first, but not all.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 8 Nov. 2022
  • My plan was to use an assumed name but even this doesn't placate him.
    — Carolyn Hax, oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2019
  • There was no base to placate or excite in the hours of Charlottesville.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2019
  • The other women cooed and hummed to try to placate her curly-haired toddler.
    — New York Times, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Wellington tries to placate her, but Keane isn't having any of it.
    — Ethan Renner, baltimoresun.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • There, the town chief tried to placate the armed visitors with money and a prized cow.
    — Jeremy Roebuck, Philly.com, 22 June 2018
  • But one look at the forthcoming movie’s cast should placate even the most doubtful mind.
    — Estelle Tang, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2019
  • But that did little to placate those who want the artwork removed.
    — Isabel Debre, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2019
  • That seemed to placate Grant, and then Juliana doubled down.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Back in the car, Arce decided to change tactics and stop trying to placate the man.
    — Tricia Nadolny, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The apologies did little to placate those calling for Moore's job.
    — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 3 June 2020
  • Maybe that deal has to be kept private, in order to placate Ukraine's leaders.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Trump, placated, agreed to the arrangement, and stood down.
    — Murray Waas, Vox, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Many of Change’s largest clients were kept in the dark or offered vague bromides to placate them while their systems were down.
    — Erika Fry, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
  • That might not be enough to placate Ravens fans, who want to know why the offense has gone unaddressed through the first three rounds and top four picks.
    — The Baltimore Sun, baltimoresun.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • But Downtown isn't taking that risk to placate one of its staff writers.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 20 June 2018
  • There’s at least one more way for the administration to placate the public.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025

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