How to use "placate" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "placate" in popular movie and book plots

When he eventually gets back to the room, Valerie is furious but he manages to placate her by telling her she turns him on. - Patterson (radio series)
Crusoe manages to placate them with a fictionalized version of what happened at the expense of the captain forcing him into the crew. - Robinson Crusoe (2016 film)
Upon presenting their findings to FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, Mulder and Scully are told that the case is closed in order to placate the Department of Defense, which has ties to Goldman and Nugenics. - Founder's Mutation
To placate Young-hee's father, Chul-soo promises that he will pass the police officer exam and become a detective like her. - Enemies In-Law
To placate the workers, Farragut schedules a union meeting. - The Hook (screenplay)
Abed interprets this news as a crisis, but Jeff (Joel McHale) takes him aside to placate him by explaining there is no crisis and thus no story. - Basic Story
Later, Arni gets angry at Sid being callous over everything and it takes the entire group to placate them; Roxas decides to stay. - Batch '81
To placate her, Toby offers to play the piano. - Halloween (1931 film)
In an attempt to placate Alice, Helen lied to her, saying that she had seen her child living with a family in a nice part of town. - Every Secret Thing (film)
When mrs Gottlieb begins to get emotional, Jean tries to placate her with another lie about how Gordon called her the day he died because he wanted to talk to her. - Dead Man's Cell Phone
To placate him, his mother (Molly Turner) whimsically "gives" him the elephant in the local zoo. - The Boy Who Owned a Melephant
With Stalin's Great Purge underway, Zeisig realizes that his life depends on his ability to placate the leader. - Hotel Lux (film)
To placate him, Morley arranges for Holmes to start dating Patsy. - Pretty Baby (1950 film)
He then proceeds to placate Nikeratos and convinces him to proceed with the marriage as planned. - Samia (play)
This discovery makes him anxious to placate Tellheim. - Minna von Barnhelm
Terry berates him for not showing up, even as he tries to placate her with thanks from the Queen. - Jumpin' Jack Flash (film)
Gobber initially refuses to heed Hiccup's advice to placate the creature. - Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon
She is taken on to be his keeper, and manages to placate him to the extent that he does not dismiss her. - Flight from Folly
Poppy suggests Serena placate Blair by inviting her to an after party, but when Serena goes to see Blair they end up arguing and Serena decides to go to the fashion show anyway. - The Serena Also Rises
She learns that Judith was made vampire by Lorena in an attempt to placate a sullen Bill, her reasoning being that having a companion who so resembled Bill's late wife would please him. - Dead in the Family
War has broken out, despite Count Pawel's desperate attempts to placate Nazi Germany. - In Our Time (film)
His employee Larry Larabee (Johnny Arthur) is worried about the future of their company, but Westlake attempts to placate him by reminding him that the company has survived World War I and the lean years of the Great Depression. - Always Tomorrow: The Portrait of an American Business
Carrancho tries to placate him by suggesting that they rob the bank together, but Jeff rejects the idea. - Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace
The Soviet civilian leadership has allowed development of the laser weapon, whose launch is codenamed “Linchpin”, to placate a military antagonized by military spending cuts. - Winter Hawk
The village is attacked by the Turks, and its ruler, eager to placate the invaders, intends to hand over the children for slaughter; he disguises his intentions under a move to Damascus for their safety. - The Arab (1924 film)
He pays for it to placate the shopkeeper and tells her to be good. - The Incident (Lost)
Hoping to placate the growing rebellion and settle the dispute between Katniss and President Snow, Peeta proposes to Katniss during an interview. - Catching Fire
After a brief moment of reunion, Jin is forced to act as if Sayid were a Hostile to placate Radzinsky, who would not understand where Sayid really came from. - Namaste (Lost)
When the Frankish Emperor Lothar marches Rome, Benedict flees with funds intended to try and placate him, and Joan is restored to her former place of authority. - Pope Joan (novel)
Raju takes some cash and jewelry, hoping to placate Bhagat, but this only angers him all the more. - Shaadi Ke Baad
The main story is encased in a "frame" narrative, in which Patrick, now grown and married, tries to placate his wife with highly edited tales from his travels with his aunt. - Around the World with Auntie Mame
With the help of Fenix, Artanis is able to placate their bitterness and convince them to join his forces while standing together as equals. - StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
When he returns home, Tokiko tries desperately to placate him and apologizes repeatedly over her mistake, but Shuichi treats her brutally and violently, throwing her down a flight of stairs accidentally by force. - A Hen in the Wind
When Rob's landlady, Sylvia, is trailed by a private investigator (Steve Kiziak), Rob kills him and eats in order to placate his hunger, which begins to get more and more uncontrollable. - Hungry (The X-Files)
In order to placate the masses, the corporation's Chairman, Heihachi Mishima, sponsors the King of Iron Fist Tournament, or Iron Fist - in which fighters from the 8 corporations battle until one is left standing and receives a lifetime of stardom and wealth. - Tekken (2009 film)
During the meeting, Albanus demonstrates some magic to placate and wow his guests by summoning a fire elemental to destroy one of his servants. - Conan the Defender
After Dean threatens to kill her, she uses a Ouija board to placate him by obtaining information on Gordon's location so the Winchesters can neutralize the other hunter first. - Bela Talbot
In the dining room the guests, despite the attempts of the women to placate them with assurances and date liqueur, become extremely restless. - The Secret of the Grain
To placate the beast, the bear sings "Rock-A-Bye Baby" to him to make him nod off, which served as a running gag. - The Legend of Rockabye Point
Candy, Bones, and Crow then accompany Geoff back to his home in suburban New Jersey (using Burt's car) to help him placate his angry wife. - Three Days as the Crow Flies
Marching themselves into a saloon, the leader of the thugs, Red (Bud Jamison), tries to placate them with drink and dance, but is soon informed of the ruse. - Phony Express
The gorilla then turns his attention to Curly, who, in trying to placate the beast, eats some of the love candy and falls in love with it. - Three Missing Links
MD is powerful enough to placate governments. - Parashuram (film)
The imperial consort, pregnant with Antoku, the future emperor, has fallen ill, and seers have advised Taira no Kiyomori, the de facto head of government, to placate the spirits by pardoning and compensating some of his victims. - Shunkan (play)
To placate his Spanish allies, Wellington is forced to go along. - Sharpe's Honour (TV programme)
When Heather's old friends - including Bryce - begin to show interest in Suze, Heather claims Suze is taking over the life she had, and ignores all attempts to placate her. - Shadowland (Cabot novel)
To placate his friend, Anderson agrees, looks around, and asks attractive waitress Katie (Isla Fisher) to marry him. - Wedding Daze
Tamura tries to placate them by lowering his rifle, but she continues to scream. - Fires on the Plain (1959 film)
Yahiko to placate Heikichi's spirit. - The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
To placate his employee, Mike offers to make Slag a partner in his new saloon for $2000, a sum Slag hopes to get as a reward from Nipper's uncle. - The Mighty McGurk
Atia tries to placate him, then scolds her son after he leaves. - Son of Hades
"Married" to the theatre, in which she became prominent, Raquel's career has been protected from anti-Semitic attacks by her lover Diego (Victor Laplace), an influential public television executive who skillfully maintains a balance between his love for the opinionated Raquel and the need to placate the repressive mindset prevalent in that era's last civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983). - The Girlfriend (film)
Before the lion could eat them, Curly is able to placate it into drawing them on a wagon back to their camp. - Wee Wee Monsieur
To placate him they play on his intense snobbery, and invite him to stay as a guest in the Squire's house. - The Private Secretary
To placate him, he suavely offers the old man a cameo in the film, which he enthusiastically accepts with humorous results. - Windy City Heat
Meanwhile, Hacker is doing his best to placate his visitors, who are concerned that new legislation will allow certain areas of the countryside to lose their protected status, in particular the aforementioned badger colony at a place called Hayward's Spinney. - The Right to Know
As would later turn out, these sinister acts were perpetrated by the wizard priests of the dark god Xotli, descendants of refugees from sunken Atlantis, who settled on the other side of the ocean – and who seek to placate their demon god's voracious appetite for human sacrifice. - Conan of the Isles
However, Moe tries to placate Curly's fears about dentistry by laying in the chair and simulating the procedure just as Yank, unaware who the actual patient is, enters the office and knocks Moe out cold with ether in a rag and pulls his tooth instead despite Curly's protests. - I Can Hardly Wait
While Basil tries to placate Terry, Sybil leaves in a huff, frustrated and angry believing Basil really has forgotten their anniversary again. - The Anniversary (Fawlty Towers)
To placate them, Hammond intends that Grant and Sattler act as fresh consultants. - Jurassic Park (novel)
The lot is unable to retrieve Kramer's own car for him, but, to placate him, offers him the use of another customer's Mary Kay pink Cadillac Eldorado. - The Wig Master
In a public relations gesture intended to placate the men, Agamemnon (Costa Kazakos) directs them to go and help themselves to a flock of sheep that belong to the nearby temple dedicated to Artemis. - Iphigenia (film)
Bayard and Ringo continue their pursuit, and before long, Grumby's associates decide to hand him over to the boys to placate them. - The Unvanquished
The memo and news coverage of how Bartlet too often compromised his positions to placate his opponents and avoid controversy resulted in Bartlet's popularity going down in the polls. - Let Bartlet Be Bartlet
Nate, Sonny's Jamaican boss and friend, comes to the house to drive Sonny to work, and remains in the living room for Ella to ogle while Sonny tries to placate his flustered wife upstairs, promising her some loving and affection after he returns from work. - Madea Goes to Jail (play)
Jamuna manages to placate her dad, & he goes to her house, only to find it in flames with Gopal burned to death, and their son, Sunder, missing. - Pyar Ka Mausam
To placate Wolfe, Hombert has the warrants vacated, and in turn Wolfe, although refusing to assist Ash in any way, reveals why the missing cylinder is so important: Phoebe Gunther wanted to use Boone’s death to damage the NIA as much as possible by keeping the public’s attention and blame focussed on them. - The Silent Speaker
Inside, Jae suddenly reveals that he plans to marry a woman he met in America, and has been seeing Sun only to placate his parents. - ...And Found
Trebek says that Cliff scares him and that the story about quitting the show was a fabrication to placate him. - What Is... Cliff Clavin?
After recovering, Homer returns to the Kwik-E-Mart to complain, and Apu gives him two five-pound buckets of expired shrimp to placate him. - Homer and Apu
The Lords supervise the kinless and placate the Lordkin. - The Burning City
They also decide to temporarily placate Caesar by delivering Pompey's assassin, Septimius, asking him to deliver a message to Caesar, in person, which turns out to be his own death warrant. - Caesarion (Rome)
These two companies fight over territorial disputes and eventually a prototype fighter known as the X-49 Night Raven, with the Universal Peace Enforcement Organization trying to placate both sides. - Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
On his 40th birthday, Mitch sees a man resembling Curly on the train, which does nothing to placate his worries, and later finds a treasure map belonging to Lincoln Washburn hidden in Curly's old hat, albeit with a missing corner. - City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
When the posse arrives at the Carrier home, Aunt Sarah attempts to placate the angry crowd. - Rosewood (film)
To placate her, Ray rents a house in Valley Stream, a suburb of New York City. - The Honeymoon Killers
She advises Vishal to meet Manjeet's mother (Tanuja), since she can placate her daughter's spirit. - Bhoot (film)
Linda looks for him and panics after hearing Randy try to placate the killer and drives off in the Jeep. - Return to Sleepaway Camp
Sanda arrives to save them once again and attempts to placate his brother, but Gaira is beyond reason and the confrontation escalates to a violent brawl, causing great destruction in the process. - The War of the Gargantuas
David Talbot tries to placate them with a final letter, warning that Lestat's enmity is more than the Watcher society could handle. - Merrick (novel)
The United States Department of State wants to send him to prison in order to placate the Australian government, but Marge furiously objects to this idea. - Bart vs. Australia
It is later revealed during a confrontation between Gloria and the management of the colliery that the decision to close the colliery had been made two years previously, and that this was to have gone ahead regardless of the findings of her report; the report was simply a public relations exercise to placate the miners and members of the public sympathetic to their plight. - Brassed Off
They, in turn, regard him as an evil spirit and attempt to placate him. - Tarzan of the Apes
" When Jill recognizes the writhing couple, she throws a chair at them; as George backpedals, trying to placate Jill, Jackie sees him for the cad he is, and flees. - Shampoo (film)
Monica comes across as abrupt, but later scenes reveal that she suffers from severe menstrual cramps and Monica makes concerted efforts to placate matters and be contrite. - Secrets & Lies (film)
Seymour, with mock-seriousness, attempts to placate the spoiled child, but to no avail. - A Perfect Day for Bananafish
To placate their demands for action, the US government has authorized a solo infiltration mission to confirm the reports. - Rambo: First Blood Part II
Besides helping Wei-Wei, Simon and Wai-Tung hope that this will placate Wai-Tung's parents. - The Wedding Banquet
Finally slipping into madness and realizing that all his efforts have been for nothing, Clark buys a realistic-looking BB gun and demands that park security guard Russ Lasky take them through Walley World; Ellen and the kids follow, attempting to placate Clark. - National Lampoon's Vacation
Just as the Kemp-led mob storms the laboratory, Frankenstein transfers some of his stabilizing intellect to the creature who, as a result, is able to reason with and placate the mob. - Young Frankenstein
But, in an attempt to placate rising racial tensions and the fact that all other high schools are "white" only, Boone is assigned the head coach job. - Remember the Titans
The animals fight a losing battle to retrieve the Emeralds until Chaos absorbs all seven and becomes giant, but an echidna girl named Tikal, who entombed herself and Chaos in the Master Emerald millennia ago, emerges to help placate him. - Sonic X
She agrees to one last meeting with Paul at their house, hoping to placate him with a financial settlement. - Star 80
Sherry is bitter at George for not delivering on the promises of wealth he once made her, so George hopes telling her about the robbery will placate and impress her. - The Killing (film)
Benjy's hysterical sobbing and violent outburst can only be quieted by Jason, who understands how best to placate his brother. - The Sound and the Fury
Still, to placate his wife, Scobie attends Mass with her and receives communion in his state of mortal sin—a sacrilege according to Catholic teaching. - The Heart of the Matter
The last chapter involves Toranaga letting his prize peregrine falcon fly free, as he reveals his inner monologue: that he himself had ordered Blackthorne's ship to be burned, as a way to placate the Christian daimyōs, and to save Blackthorne's life from them, as well as to bring them to his side against Ishido. - Shōgun (novel)
Bragi offers Loki a horse, a ring and a sword to placate him; Loki, however, is spoiling for a fight, and insults Bragi by questioning his courage. - Lokasenna

Example sentences for "placate" in interesting articles

EFF hit on this point when we mentioned that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) “seems to be trying to placate international concern by saying one thing in international fora; but something quite different in the US courts … The DOJ's position in its court filings is that very little, if any, privacy protection is available against US government access to the records of users of US-based cloud computing services.” Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. In the consumer protection category, video game company Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. - And the privacy invasion award goes to
There was helpful cooking assistance, endless facts and figures, an amusing misunderstanding – and concerns over what exactly Amazon does with all that interaction data Amazon Echo: ‘I followed my instinct – which was to placate the machine.’ Photograph: AP Amazon Goodbye privacy, hello 'Alexa': Amazon Echo, the home robot who hears it all We had Rory Carroll invite ‘Alexa’ aka the Echo into his home. - Goodbye privacy, hello Alexa: Amazon Echo, the home robot who hears it all
But that did not placate the crowds. - Hungary Internet tax cancelled after mass protests
Or before that; trying to use border-radius in combination with elements. Or maybe trying to use position:fixed elements, which suffer rendering corruption when not hacked onto their own compositor layer to placate Webkit/Blink. - Announcing Internet Explorer Developer Channel
The sloppy logic here is indicative of a company doing damage control, one trying to placate its critics but implicitly disrespecting them by doing so with nonsense. "Our organizational culture reflects diversity and inclusiveness," the statement goes on. - Mozilla's Gay-Marriage Litmus Test Violates Liberal Values
To placate the furious Japanese public, the company must clean up the site and try to remove every trace of the facility from the landscape. - Dismantling Fukushima: The World's Toughest Demolition Project
Anyone turned on by the photos in Skumanick's case could just as easily placate themselves with an old Sears catalogue—and with no resulting damage to the models who posed in it. But the idea that an otherwise innocuous image can mutate into illegal child porn based on how it might be used by pedophiles is gaining currency. - The logic behind treating "sexting" teens as child pornographers
King attempted to placate him. - Vanlife, the Bohemian Social Media Movement

Meaning of "placate" in English

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Meaning of "placate" in Hindi

मिला लेना ( Mila lena, milaa lenaa)
संतुष्ट करना ( Santusht karana, santusht karanaa)
शांत करना ( Shant karana, shaant karanaa)
शांत करना
मनाना ( Manana, mananaa)
शान्त करना ( Shant karana, shant karanaa)
तुष्ट करना ( Tusht karana, tusht karanaa)

Synonyms of "placate"

gruntle
pacify
gentle
conciliate
assuage
mollify
lenify
appease

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