placate
verb (used with object)
to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures.
was placating
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past progressiveof placate.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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His voice, when he spoke again, was not ironical, as it had been; it was placating.
From Rowdy of the Cross L by B. M. Bower
Bob Flick spoke for the first time, his slow, soft voice was placating and yet it was evident that his sympathies were with Gallito.
From The Black Pearl by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
