pacify
verb (used with object)
was pacifying
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past progressiveof pacify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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All Toby wanted to do was get him home, so he held up his hands like he was pacifying one of the twins.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
The hotel man did like the rest, only his smile was pacifying, cringing.
From The Biography of a Prairie Girl by Eleanor Gates
He was pacifying the priest when the Prior approached and conducted them to the Holy of holies, Becket’s Shrine.
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper
He remembered the man who was pacifying his wife’s excitement.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Alexander Glovatski
Sophie, in a beautiful costume, was pacifying Charley, who had had a difference with his uncle Kilian.
From Richard Vandermarck by Miriam Coles Harris
