Example sentences for: conciliatory

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

  • The conciliatory policies that painfully emerged after the bloodshed brought the Protestant Prince of Navarre to the throne as Henri IV (1589–1610), but not before he promised to convert to Cathol­icism.

  • The WP Iran lead reports that Iranian President Mohammed Khatemi made the irenic remarks at a press conference, and described them as the most conciliatory made by an Iranian leader toward the U.S. since the Islamic revolution there in 1979.

  • Al D'Amato, R-N.Y., who was renowned for gobbling up federal pork and was endorsed by the nation's leading gay rights group, is being celebrated by the New York Times as "a public verdict on the bare-knuckle style of Republicanism that has become the fashion in Washington," in contrast to the "conciliatory style" of "moderate" Republicans.

  • Both sides believe that the other must make the first conciliatory move.

  • The conciliatory overtures began early this year, after nearly four decades of violence, when the government removed security forces from a large FARC-controlled territory, but stalled when officials requested that an international verification committee monitor the zone.


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