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.
  • The lie, at last, appeased him.
    — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025
  • That need to appease is gone now, and not just on the climate.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
  • And so here are a few offerings to appease your next host.
    — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
  • And the French farmers don’t seem in the mood to be appeased.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The fit suited varying heights and the style appeased a range of ages.
    — Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Don’t appease your child if the result could be pet neglect.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Those rumblings were appeased by a four-game winning streak to close out the year.
    — Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • This did little to appease his critics.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Serve platters with blue cheese dip or make a variety of wings to appease the crowd.
    — Samantha Lande, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • With shrinking room for error, some are doing their best to appease all sides.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 28 Jan. 2023
  • There was also the pressure of appeasing a room full of mega fans of the movie each night.
    — Madeleine Janz, People.com, 18 July 2025
  • So far, Johnson has tried to appease both camps — with mixed results.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The food finally lands with the guests, their dumb whims having been appeased.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The district appeased the coaches enough to avoid a boycott — but a silent protest still took shape.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Just being on a major label, there are a lot of people to appease.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • You were never asked to take anything out in order to appease anyone?
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Those countries are going to have a tough time pulling off a plan that appeases Iran.
    — Melissa Etehad, latimes.com, 12 June 2019
  • What Trump will say to appease them on Wednesday is anyone’s guess.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 10 Jan. 2017
  • Your daughter doesn't need to remodel a room in her home to appease your daughter-in-law.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Your daughter doesn’t need to remodel a room in her home to appease your daughter-in-law.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
  • In the meantime, the district has taken steps to appease its critics.
    — Rosanna Xia, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
  • These countries once wondered whether Iran could be appeased and contained.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026

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