On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Pacify. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as tranquilize or quiet and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Pacify meaning
- To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
- To appease (someone).
Synonyms of Pacify
Using Pacify
- The main meaning on this page is: To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation. | To appease (someone).
- Useful related words include: lenify, tranquillise, tranquillize, tranquilize.
- In the example corpus, pacify often appears in combinations such as: to pacify, pacify the, and pacify.
Context around Pacify
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pacify
- In this selection, "pacify" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, egg, cannot, disgruntled, people and american stand out and add context to how "pacify" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include best to pacify american political and bid to pacify the protesters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pacify" sits close to words such as accrington, airfoil and airstrip, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pacify
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rather I was trying to pacify them," she said. (9 words)
This will pacify them to shelve their planned mass protests,” he said. (12 words)
The idea was to pacify the South-West following the death in custody of Chief Moshood Abiola. (17 words)
This was said to have drawn the attention of some senior judicial officials who rushed to the scene to pacify the woman, apparently to restore order to the court, but their efforts did not yield the peace needed for the court to continue sitting. (44 words)
In the final rule, Biden slashed its target for electric vehicle adoption amid auto worker backlash, but the watering down of the measure did little to pacify an oil industry that needs gas-powered cars to survive. (37 words)
Indeed, we were born to be on our backs, our legs in the air, our hands in balls, wailing our lungs out as our caregiver runs helter-skelter trying to pacify us. (32 words)
What was the way to stop these communal riots and pacify the non-Muslims living in Pakistan on the eve of independence? (22 words)
We pacify those we have failed with slave labor and slave wages and we are ready to fight for them to continue slaving away! (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
Determined to follow through on his ancestral duty, Yosuke does his best to recover the egg, pacify a mermaid’s concerns, and save his hometown by the sea.
One month later, 500 policemen were still at Gboko trying to pacify the peasants and arrest those accused of committing crimes.
Pacify is a great backup spell for sneak-based characters as if they get caught, they can simply turn hostile foes friendly.
This was said to have drawn the attention of some senior judicial officials who rushed to the scene to pacify the woman, apparently to restore order to the court, but their efforts did not yield the peace needed for the court to continue sitting.
However, that did little to pacify disgruntled viewers, many of whom took to X (formerly Twitter) to air their frustration.
Indeed, we were born to be on our backs, our legs in the air, our hands in balls, wailing our lungs out as our caregiver runs helter-skelter trying to pacify us.
In the final rule, Biden slashed its target for electric vehicle adoption amid auto worker backlash, but the watering down of the measure did little to pacify an oil industry that needs gas-powered cars to survive.
It is up to cool, calm, and collected leaders to pacify and reassure the terrified, and let common sense once again prevail.
Mr. Satheesan said that Mr. Thangal had done the right thing, and was trying to pacify people rather than instigating them.
On the other hand, the BJP, which has set a target of winning over 35 seats in the State, has also been trying to pacify Mr. Maharaj and Mr. Barla.
They did their best to pacify American political engagement through more control of the media and other techniques.
This will pacify them to shelve their planned mass protests,” he said.
What was the way to stop these communal riots and pacify the non-Muslims living in Pakistan on the eve of independence?
Abdul Mahmud, a human rights lawyer who led the protesters to the police headquarters, failed in his bid to pacify the protesters.
Her message to the administration is simple: “You cannot pacify this; this is not going to be a talk to us and get us over it.
Krishna), Drashtha (aggressive, bold, a little rude, does not respond when a woman is angry, but tries to pacify, inconsiderate), Shatha (deceitful, no scruples, no respect towards women).
Rather I was trying to pacify them," she said.
The idea was to pacify the South-West following the death in custody of Chief Moshood Abiola.
We pacify those we have failed with slave labor and slave wages and we are ready to fight for them to continue slaving away!
According to police sources, the officers had initially tried to pacify the saffron party activists, asking them to go back.
Common combinations with pacify
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to pacify 53×
- pacify the 32×
- and pacify 4×
- pacify them 3×
- pacify her 2×
- pacify it 2×
- pacify their 2×
- pacify ireland 2×