appease
verb (used with object)
to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe.
appeased
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past participleof appease.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof appease.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
appeaseverb (used with object)to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe.
Example Sentences
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Beyond Meat appeased Nasdaq regulators this past week by finally filing its 2025 annual report, but there’s still another matter the onetime alternative-protein darling has to deal with to keep its stock from being delisted.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 12, 2026
Los Blancos were in charge but despite taking the lead, their fans were not appeased, and whistled the team in at the break.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
In January 2022, on the eve of the full-scale assault, he warned that Russia was not a Great Power and should not be appeased.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
South Korea thought it had appeased its powerful friend.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
Thus, it could assert its power over the fortunes of later generations and had to be appeased or controlled.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
