Example Sentences

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"Two! two! two-to-to-two!" and with a propitiative smile on John's open anguish, Fannie, gayer in speech and readier in laughter, but not lighter in heart, let a partner waltz her away.

From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.

The old commodore's eyes flashed to retort, but the senator forced a propitiative smile, adding: "However, let that pass just now, here's something else."

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington

The missive from Arthur was a short but complete and propitiative acknowledgment of his error and fraility.

From Bylow Hill by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

A friendly word will bring him to my hand; but his behavior is never effusive, as it would be if he had found his rightful owner, but mildly propitiative and with a touch of sadness.

From Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate