How to Use appease in a Sentence

appease

verb

• We had no way to appease our hunger.
• They made sacrifices to appease the gods.
• His critics were not appeased by this last speech.
• They appeased the dictator by accepting his demands in an effort to avoid war.
• Will that be long enough to appease the new marathon board?
  — Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• And the French farmers don’t seem in the mood to be appeased.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
• That need to appease is gone now, and not just on the climate.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
• Their first joint project was shelved to appease their son.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• The fit suited varying heights and the style appeased a range of ages.
  — Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• Why won’t the county just turn over the routers to appease Trump?
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 26 July 2021
• And most any effort to appease one side is going to come at the expense of the other.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2017
• Almost all changes in the race over the past decades have come in an effort to appease those sponsors and fans.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2018
• There are quotas to be met and angry customers to appease.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 15 Dec. 2022
• In the meantime, the district has taken steps to appease its critics.
  — Rosanna Xia, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
• The truth is what will shape your life from now on, so even the worst news is better than being appeased.
  — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 1 May 2017
• No more glass-is-half-full sound bites to appease anyone.
  — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 24 Oct. 2019
• But Crawford couldn’t appease the remainder of the crowd.
  — Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2017
• They were offered as a pure sacrifice to appease the gods.
  — baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 Apr. 2021
• Nothing could appease her but a stuffed doll of the animal onscreen.
  — Margaret Ross, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
• Dune could appease the fans who have been waiting decades to see their favorite book done justice on the big screen.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 9 Sep. 2020
• This may appease your mom while giving you peace of mind for avoiding clutter.
  — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2023
• Many delis serve both brown and yellow mustard to appease varying tastes.
  — Rachel Román, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• So Michael Saltzman did a rewrite to try and appease them.
  — Will Harris, HWD, 4 May 2018
• Trying to appease both sides seems to only extend the debate and news cycle.
  — Jonathan Anastas, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2022
• Those countries are going to have a tough time pulling off a plan that appeases Iran.
  — Melissa Etehad, latimes.com, 12 June 2019
• With shrinking room for error, some are doing their best to appease all sides.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 28 Jan. 2023
• Jackson didn't see how these gestures made an impact and thought the league was trying to appease part of its fan base.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
• Scott wants to both showcase a wider sonic and emotional palette and appease the ragers.
  — Vulture, 2 Aug. 2023
• Do not suppress it in order to appease your selfish sister.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 17 May 2021
• So now the Heat have to alter their most-effective style in order to appease some sort of set of judges?
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024