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

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 Harper, Charles G.

He remembered the man who was pacifying his wife’s excitement.

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander

The hotel man did like the rest, only his smile was pacifying, cringing.

From The Biography of a Prairie Girl by Gates, Eleanor

Sophie, in a beautiful costume, was pacifying Charley, who had had a difference with his uncle Kilian.

From Richard Vandermarck by Harris, Miriam Coles