placatein a sentence
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She's trying to walk a line that will placate both farmers and environmentalists.placate = calm or satisfy
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The dictator is trying to placate the people by giving them a voice in local government.placate = calm their anger
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She is a leader who is better at placating the people than at solving the problems.
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Long ago, your father gave me your life as a gift to placate my anger. (source)placate = calm someone who is angry
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Croy had found the food packets and purifier in her knapsack and was making food with water from the fall, apparently trying to placate Shay. (source)
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So, whenever you need leaves or wood from a tree in which a Bowtruckle lodges, it is wise to have a gift of woodlice ready to distract or placate it. (source)placate = calm someone who may become angry
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I wondered if the captain had done it to placate Miss Simpkins, or whether he truly didn't trust me now. (source)placate = calm someone who was angry or concerned
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"Bella," Alice said, her voice soothing, placating, (source)placating = calming (someone who may be angry)
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Teddy seemed placated. (source)placated = calmed from anger or concern
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"I believe you," the pastor said placatingly, his mouth a grim line.† (source)
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"No, Uncle Max, of course not," Paul said in a placatory tone.† (source)
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Nox, now behind Grave, made to do the same, but Grave started cursing at him, and Nox stopped, lifting his hands in a gesture of placation.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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Lewis talked the same way; he was a placater, a peacemaker, the kind of person who would hold your hand on an airplane if you were scared, able to quote verbatim the statistics about how it was the safest thing, honestly.† (source)
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Conway thought this good advice, but Mallinson was still unplacated.† (source)unplacated = not calmed (from anger or concern)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unplacated means not and reverses the meaning of placated. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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His need for her and his vulnerability to her screamed at him to back off, to placate her while there was still time (source)placate = calm someone who is or may become angry
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It seemed like he'd spent half his life placating Gramps. (source)placating = calming someone who is or may become angry or concerned
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