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.

  • 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.

  • The emperors distributed their largess to too many warlords, hoping to pacify them.

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

  • Others point out that world-class scholars don't always make the best teachers and worry that the videos will pacify the minds of students rather than stimulate them.


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