How To Use Placative In A Sentence
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And with a little flurry of placative laughter, she added: "At your age, of course!
The Magnificent Ambersons; illustrated by Arthur William Brown
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I don't understand about getting -- about getting bigger," said Bibbs, bringing his gaze down to look at his father placatively.
The Turmoil
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` ` Walter, let's dance just once more, '' Alice said, touching his arm placatively.
Alice Adams
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The lieutenant governor of the colony was an ambivalent, placative man named George Arthur, who might well have preferred that travesty of humaneness.
The Song of The Dodo
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She offered a murmur of placative laughter as her apology, and said:
Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William
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“Do you like to ride?” she asked sweetly and placatively.
An American Tragedy
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I just called," he said placatively, smiling as if some humour lurked in his intention, "to ask how your father is.
The Flirt
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With a placative little laugh, Mr. Schofield remarked: "I git the swing to her all right, I reckon, but somehow it doesn't sound so kind of good as when I was writing it.
The Gentleman from Indiana
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When not off his guard, he always looked at it placatively.
Penrod and Sam
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Walter, let's dance just once more," Alice said, touching his arm placatively.
Alice Adams
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The little man's voice was placative; his manner gravely ingratiating.
Square Deal Sanderson
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Finally Silas went home defeated, with a last word, half condemnatory, half placative.
The Copy-Cat, & Other Stories
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We should certainly know what is being taught in all our schools, and to expect a private inspection cadre, which will inevitably soon fall under the control of Deobandis who will put up the shutters to Ofsted while feeding it placative lies, is a crass and reckless step that we shall all come to rue. libertyni
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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placating (or placative) gestures
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“I thought we took it,” she said weakly and placatively, “just so that we could go places on Saturday and Sunday.”
An American Tragedy
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Penrod's answer, like the look he lifted to the impressive stranger, was meek and placative.
Penrod
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And with a little flurry of placative laughter, she added: At your age, of course!
Chapter 23
