(v. t.) To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mention of discrimination on the basis of categories such as ethnicity, migration status, culture, economic situation or age as a protected status were also scrapped from the document, in an attempt to appease the African and Arab groups.
(2) In a sign of anger on the Tory right at the change, the former defence secretary said the policy had been "made on the hoof" to appease a small and vocal minority.
(3) More here: UK regulator urges banks to speed up swaps mis-selling compensation 8.40am GMT More reaction to the decision to send riot police to evict people from the offices of Greece's former state broadcaster this morning , starting with journalist Nick Malkoutzis: Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) 5 mths after flicking switch on public broadcaster ERT, gov't tries to settle issue by sending riot police to remove remaining staff #Greece November 7, 2013 Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) While #ERT will be off air for good after police intervention, the stain of how its closure has been handled won't wash away easily #Greece November 7, 2013 Lady Mondegreen (@amaenad) Like a mean stupid dog appeasing a cruel master, the Greek government wants to lay ERT's limp body at the troika's feet.
(4) The MEK's supporters say it was banned as a move by the Clinton administration to appease the Iranian government.
(5) It ranges from cold warriors to appeasers," said one of the European officials.
(6) As for Britain, any prime minister who meets News International executives 24 times in just over a year, as David Cameron admitted this month, is at least partly in the business of appeasement rather than government.
(7) Probably, Corbyn and his MPs want to appease xenophobia in Labour heartlands, at whatever price of principle, to keep their seats warm at Westminster.
(8) While the reshuffle may be partly to appease fans who resent his position as a figurehead, it could also be seen as a tacit admission that Ashley got a big football decision horribly wrong last season, in deciding not to replace Alan Pardew and almost suffering relegation as a result.
(9) Critics say this is part of a broader, dubious attempt to appease the Kremlin and boost bilateral trade.
(10) These negative feelings and negative self-images are exploited so as to appease the superego in the face of one's hostile aggression: that one is justified, that there are extenuating circumstances for one's hatred and destructiveness.
(11) Everton insist they do not have to cash in on players this summer to appease the bank, with the next season's record-breaking television deal worth an extra £20m for each Premier League club and bringing greater stability to the finances at Goodison Park.
(12) Alistair Darling attempted to appease critics who feared the tax on bonuses would prompt defections from the City by insisting the 50% tax rate on bonuses of more than £25,000 would be paid by the banks rather than employees.
(13) Thompson will be hoping that the proposed measures will go far enough to appease the Conservatives' desire to clip the corporation's wings.
(14) The case against the Anglo-French appeasers and the Polish colonels' regime over the failure to prevent war is a good deal stronger than against the Soviet Union, which perhaps helps to explain the enthusiasm for the new revisionism in both parts of the continent.
(15) Paterson, who has previously said significant global temperature rises of 1-2.5C would only be modest and who claimed he was sacked as minister to appease the “green blob” , is to call for a repeal of the act unless other countries adopt similar carbon-cutting laws.
(16) The memory of the massacre clearly galvanised David Cameron, who was never going to be accused of the appeasing policies of the former foreign secretaries Douglas Hurd and Malcolm Rifkind.
(17) His hopes for the cure of diseases by transplantation and drugs to appease pain and aid sleep have both become inherent features of contemporary medicine and yet these were predictions he was making over 300 years ago.
(18) If this really is a progressive coalition, it should not be prepared to appease the financial markets by inflicting suffering in some of the poorest parts of this country.
(19) Around 60% of customers are on variable tariffs, and the lack of competitive pressure on prices for these customers is another reason why the Competition and Markets Authority is investigating this market.” Npower’s price cut may go some way towards appeasing its customers after research from Which?
(20) "I say to them, you will never ever appease the rightwing media and to try demeans you and our party."
Gentle
Definition:
(superl.) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
(superl.) Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.
(superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader.
(superl.) Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse.
(superl.) Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop .
(n.) One well born; a gentleman.
(n.) A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil.
(n.) A dipterous larva used as fish bait.
(v. t.) To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble.
(v. t.) To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable.
(v. t.) To make kind and docile, as a horse.
Example Sentences:
(1) Put in a large bowl, add the parsley, oil and lemon juice, and gently toss.
(2) Differential and sucrose gradient centrifugation of honey bee thoraces, disrupted by gentle methods and using mannitol-triethanolamine-EDTA buffer at pH 6.5, showed that in the honey bee thorax 92-94.8% of the trehalase was mitochondrial.
(3) Despite his gentle demeanour, the 52-year-old director can be a taskmaster on set, according to colleagues.
(4) The response was composed of an isometric phase, during which the body weight was shifted from the stimulated limb to the opposite forelimb while the stimulated limb was gently pushed backwards, and a movement phase during which the stimulated paw actually accomplished the placing reaction.
(5) Maximal expiratory flow-volume (MEFV) curves similar to those obtained in most dogs and in some humans could be produced: a peak followed by a gently sloping plateau ending in a knee, where flow suddenly fell to a much smaller value approaching zero rather slowly over the last 25 to 50% of the expired vital capacity.
(6) Ten tissue sections from 10 examples of Bowen's disease were excised from paraffin blocks, rehydrated, and incubated in 90% formic acid at 45 degrees C for 18 h. The epidermis was gently removed with the aid of a dissecting microscope, and the remaining dermis with attached basal lamina was processed for scanning electron microscopy.
(7) Varying widely in size and configuration, these structures are usually somewhat ovoid but can be elongated, gently squared, or asymmetric.
(8) Less than 2% of humanitarian funds 'go directly to local NGOs' Read more Suggest to her that she’s too outspoken, that her approach is counterproductive and alienates those who are trying to drive change more gently, and she pauses.
(9) Rabbit aorta contracting substance (RCS) and prostaglandins were released from guinea-pig isolated perfused lungs by gentle massage and also by infusion of Prosparol.2.
(10) Endodontic procedures should be accomplished with judicious precision and gentle.
(11) If this coastline ever gets fully developed, I hope it happens in this direction, taking the lead from Punta del Diablo with a gentle development down, rather than large-scale and from Punta del Este upwards.
(12) The cell debris from the surfaces of the separated incisors was either gently wiped off with soft facial tissues or chemically removed by treating with NaOH, NaOCl or trypsin.
(13) Does he really think, like those daft gender essentialists, that women are innately gentle and men are big brutes out for a ruck?
(14) An attempt was made to isolate undegraded hyaluronan from rat skin by gentle methods giving full recovery in order to estimate the molecular weight of the polysaccharide.
(15) The adherent cells are easily removed by gentle pipetting; both adherent and nonadherent populations retain immunologic function.
(16) Ramos was beaten to it, De Gea did not move and Kalinic jumped to ease in a gentle, back-heel-style volley with the outside of his foot.
(17) But Nick Loening, owner of Ecoyoga in the Scottish Highlands, is evangelical about the benefits of a good soak and gently insistent that his guests make the most of the various bathing options at his retreat – regardless of the weather.
(18) My father, Peter Self, who was, oxymoronically, a “political scientist”, wrote numerous books, which, while often technical in character, were nonetheless informed by his own rather gentle and utopian socialism.
(19) When we say goodbye, Max turns in the passenger seat, and says, simply: 'Be gentle with her.'
(20) 5 Dollop the blackcurrant jam all over the surface of the cooked custard and spread gently to level it.