Example sentences for: pacify

How can you use “pacify” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The president--and this has been especially true of Clinton--frequently nominates the least offensive nominee rather than the most qualified in order to pacify the Senate.

  • A cover story rejects the notion that globalization will pacify China.

  • America Online , having offered refunds to pacify users who couldn't get online, is now under fire for failing to tell users about other phone routes that are less jammed but cost the company more money.

  • When Albanians staged protests in the late '60s, Tito attempted to pacify them by strengthening local government (largely dominated by Albanians) over local affairs and by restoring jobs.

  • The mission is a superb idea, a noble effort to pacify the troubled region before war spills into the rest of Europe.


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