Explore Propitiated through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Propitiated in a sentence
Propitiated meaning
simple past and past participle of propitiate
Using Propitiated
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of propitiate
- In the example corpus, propitiated often appears in combinations such as: propitiated with.
Context around Propitiated
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Propitiated
- In this selection, "propitiated" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, faces, greeks, bestow and hades stand out and add context to how "propitiated" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and when propitiated bestow happiness and kangchenjunga was propitiated with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "propitiated" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with propitiated
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When the Greeks propitiated Hades, they banged their hands on the ground to be sure he would hear them. (19 words)
He goes on to quote a fragment of verse "O mistress Hecate, Trioditis / With three forms and three faces / Propitiated with mullets". (22 words)
At Samhain, it was believed that the Aos Sí needed to be propitiated to ensure that the people and their livestock survived the winter. (24 words)
They can do nothing but give light, heat, etc. Do you take them for conscious being possessed of human passions, of pleasure and anger, that when offended, bring on pain and misery, and when propitiated, bestow happiness on human beings? (40 words)
Despite the insistence of one of the men that "The demon of Kangchenjunga was propitiated with the sacrifice", Crowley decided enough was enough and that it was inappropriate to continue. (30 words)
At Samhain, it was believed that the Aos Sí needed to be propitiated to ensure that the people and their livestock survived the winter. (24 words)
They can do nothing but give light, heat, etc. Do you take them for conscious being possessed of human passions, of pleasure and anger, that when offended, bring on pain and misery, and when propitiated, bestow happiness on human beings? (40 words)
Example sentences (5)
At Samhain, it was believed that the Aos Sí needed to be propitiated to ensure that the people and their livestock survived the winter.
Despite the insistence of one of the men that "The demon of Kangchenjunga was propitiated with the sacrifice", Crowley decided enough was enough and that it was inappropriate to continue.
He goes on to quote a fragment of verse "O mistress Hecate, Trioditis / With three forms and three faces / Propitiated with mullets".
They can do nothing but give light, heat, etc. Do you take them for conscious being possessed of human passions, of pleasure and anger, that when offended, bring on pain and misery, and when propitiated, bestow happiness on human beings?
When the Greeks propitiated Hades, they banged their hands on the ground to be sure he would hear them.
Common combinations with propitiated
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: