How to Use appease in a Sentence
appease
verb
- We had no way to appease our hunger.
- They made sacrifices to appease the gods.
- His critics were not appeased by this last speech.
- They appeased the dictator by accepting his demands in an effort to avoid war.
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And the French farmers don’t seem in the mood to be appeased.
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William Booth,
Washington Post,
29 Jan. 2024
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Why won’t the county just turn over the routers to appease Trump?
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Chris Cillizza,
CNN,
26 July 2021
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That need to appease is gone now, and not just on the climate.
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Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
20 Dec. 2021
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Will that be long enough to appease the new marathon board?
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Lizzy Acker,
OregonLive.com,
21 Apr. 2018
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The fit suited varying heights and the style appeased a range of ages.
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Erika Reals,
Peoplemag,
6 Oct. 2023
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Their first joint project was shelved to appease their son.
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Nicole Briese,
Peoplemag,
23 Nov. 2023
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No more glass-is-half-full sound bites to appease anyone.
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J. Michael,
Indianapolis Star,
24 Oct. 2019
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Almost all changes in the race over the past decades have come in an effort to appease those sponsors and fans.
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John Schandelmeier,
Anchorage Daily News,
26 Feb. 2018
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So Michael Saltzman did a rewrite to try and appease them.
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Will Harris,
HWD,
4 May 2018
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But Crawford couldn’t appease the remainder of the crowd.
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Andrew Baggarly,
The Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2017
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And most any effort to appease one side is going to come at the expense of the other.
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Aaron Blake,
Washington Post,
28 Apr. 2017
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The truth is what will shape your life from now on, so even the worst news is better than being appeased.
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Carolyn Hax,
The Seattle Times,
1 May 2017
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Critics still weren’t appeased, so Gay tried a third time.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
7 May 2024
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This may be a little white lie; however, it’s made to appease your boss and HR, and help keep the peace.
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Jack Kelly,
Forbes,
19 Apr. 2023
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In the meantime, the district has taken steps to appease its critics.
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Rosanna Xia,
latimes.com,
11 July 2018
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What Trump will say to appease them on Wednesday is anyone’s guess.
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Vanityfair.com,
VanityFair.com,
10 Jan. 2017
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So now the Heat have to alter their most-effective style in order to appease some sort of set of judges?
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2022
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Those countries are going to have a tough time pulling off a plan that appeases Iran.
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Melissa Etehad,
latimes.com,
12 June 2019
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So far, Johnson has tried to appease both camps — with mixed results.
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Jacob Bogage,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2024
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There are quotas to be met and angry customers to appease.
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Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
15 Dec. 2022
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Serve platters with blue cheese dip or make a variety of wings to appease the crowd.
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Samantha Lande,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2024
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The promise appeased the Zionist movement, who believe in a Jewish right to the land of Jerusalem -- or Zion.
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Kiara Alfonseca,
ABC News,
12 Oct. 2023
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Dune could appease the fans who have been waiting decades to see their favorite book done justice on the big screen.
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Angela Watercutter,
Wired,
9 Sep. 2020
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Jackson didn't see how these gestures made an impact and thought the league was trying to appease part of its fan base.
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Victoria Hernandez,
USA TODAY,
22 Apr. 2023
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Just being on a major label, there are a lot of people to appease.
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Charles Moss,
SPIN,
25 Oct. 2024
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But if its endorsement of AI ruffles enough feathers, then that could give way for new competitors to appease the users that Adobe is leaving behind.
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Jess Weatherbed,
The Verge,
25 Oct. 2024
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