Example sentences for: conciliatory

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

  • An article hopes that the confrontational Cardinal John O'Connor will be replaced by a more conciliatory leader.

  • 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.

  • An opinion piece Monday in the Irish Times said, "Internment will not merely put the Nazi wing [of the IRA] behind bars; it will also serve to strengthen the conciliatory Adams/McGuinness wing in their arguments with dissidents inside the larger Sinn Féin/IRA family."

  • 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.

  • 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.


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