appeasement

Example Sentences

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"There is a general taboo in the media… sensible discussions about how to coexist with China can get easily branded as appeasement," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

For one thing, her girl’s request to get a hamster and Linda’s weary appeasement just rings all too true.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

At the time, Zakim said that Rolling Stone started featuring fewer of founder Jann Wenner’s rock star friends on the cover, so the lifetime subscription might have been an appeasement tactic.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2024

“I am saying now that I am going to work for appeasement, for conditions that will allow the country to be peaceful … let’s all hold inclusive discussions before we go to elections,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Our old teacher brought paper doilies to school in her many efforts at appeasement, and her windows were always crawling with paper vegetation.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood