Example Sentences

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Within seconds Ocean had pacified the hundreds of fans in my periphery.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2017

Gusmao immediately jumped off the podium and plunged into the crowd, arguing, calming and pleading until, single-handedly, he had pacified several hundred people.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it was the Romans who originally invaded those forests to "pacify" the Germans, as they had pacified Gaul and Britain.

From Time Magazine Archive

As soon as I had pacified the province of Cimatan, I again joined the main body under Cortes, with which I came up near Iquinupa.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

Arrived at Devanelli Fort, I learned that the Soubha, with whom the sultan had been going to war, had given up the territory in dispute, and had pacified Tippoo by submissions and presents.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 02 by Edgeworth, Maria