Placated

It makes women look like beneficiaries of a political dole, a minority that needs to be placated and not heard for what they want and why they need it.

The Blades boss was not happy – the club needs funds as it is under a transfer embargo due to a missed payment and is also subject of a takeover bid – and will only be placated if he can replace Berge.

Having a Palestinian speak would have placated the Uncommitted movement, the bulk of voters willing to withhold votes until Harris endorses an arms embargo and permanent ceasefire.

In the end, Kroenke was placated with two of USA’s group games, including their opening match and a quarter-final among a selection of eight games in all.

But those not placated with such assurances or have not even bothered to look at the reality on counter-insurgency operations in Nigeria are excited to dismiss it.

Mojoworld is a media-obsessed world where the focus is on keeping the masses placated by giving them enough to watch.

Not even the German border closure placated PEGIDA.

Apparently, the rapper was dissatisfied with MTN data service and was not interested in being placated by the rep that attended to him on Twitter.

History teaches us, however, that an aggressor can’t be placated with concessions and gestures of goodwill.

She was disappointed, but placated by the thought that if I managed to get in, she would have two sons at the university, as my older brother, David, was already there.

The Steelers rolled over for years and placated his every whim.

That hasn’t placated conservationists, who argue the continued high numbers will have long-term impacts that aren’t readily visible.

While the French President’s late-minute surrender has not fully placated the protesting, many observers have suggested that his move means that at least the government has taken heed of the people’s struggles to make ends meet.

Every time the Flaminica saw a lightning bolt or heard a clap of thunder (Jupiter's distinctive instrument), she was prohibited from carrying on with her normal routine until she placated the god.

He placated Buckingham over feelings of creative claustrophobia and discomfort playing alongside Nicks.

In some ways Theodoric may have been overly accommodating to both the Romans and other Gothic people as he placated Catholics and Arian Christians alike.

Lewis, an Oxford and Cambridge scholar himself, suggests in his work that even intellectuals are not impervious to the influence of such demons, especially during placated acceptance of the " Historical Point of View " (Letter XXVII).

The Anglo-Saxon population was placated because they viewed Edith as one of their own.

The unions were placated with the Caxton Hall conference (5 January 1918), at which Lloyd George outlined Allied war aims.

Williams, 63. James placated her for the moment by paying a famous acrobat to entertain her, Williams, 63–4.