All 4 Uses of
placate
in
Atlas Shrugged
- It's only a question of time, Mr. Rearden," the man said placatingly.†
Chpt 1.7
- It wasn't my fault!" he had screamed to her, as if she were the only judge whom he had to placate.†
Chpt 3.5
- Rearden hung up the telephone receiver, with a frown of worry, not about the problem of fuel and the end of the California oil fieldsdisasters of this kind had become habitual-but about the fact that the Washington planners found it necessary to placate him.†
Chpt 3.5 *
- "Look," said Mr. Thompson placatingly, resuming the edge of his seat.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
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(placate) calm someone who is or may become angry or concerned