How will the world see us if we succeed in pacifying Vietnam but fail to pacify Chicago?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Idealism & Practicality] Reference

Once Uriyangkhadai succeeded in pacifying local resistance in Yunnan, Mongke started a full-scale war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference

It would appear that the government has opted to sacrifice transformation for short-term pacifying of white civil servants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mayibuye Editorial] Reference

I mean how much more "pacifying" do we give this silly woman?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democrats' late night session falls short on MI, FL delegations] Reference

Try naming actual examples of Obama "pacifying" conservatives; then we'll talk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yesterday was the day the presidential campaign turned ugly.] Reference

Safeguarding our vows (Nyingma substitutes engaging in activities such as pacifying suffering and stimulating others 'good qualities).    From Wordnik.com.  [Buddha-Family Traits (Buddha Families) and Aspects of Experience] Reference

In the 1970s, before Hamas, Ariel Sharon was charged with "pacifying" Gaza.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

Yet instead of "pacifying" them, it radically alienated the population and lead to an uprising.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

10: 29 - Harper keeps talking about "pacifying" Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogging Change] Reference

But in fact this manhunt is mainly about pacifying America.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shadowland: Supporting The Troops] Reference

He turned to the crowd and renewed his pacifying propaganda.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lady Luck] Reference

Throughout the discussion, many residents struck a pacifying tone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Problems in Paris, Texas] Reference

Yet the challenges of pacifying Afghanistan dwarf those posed by Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winning In Afghanistan] Reference

'He will want more pacifying presently, when his creditors become annoying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Selected Polish Tales] Reference

General Weyler, who had gone off on one of his famous pacifying expeditions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 40, August 12, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference

Let oblations be poured on the fire for pacifying the ruler of the Dasarnakas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

Of course, the White House shouldn't have to worry about pacifying AIPAC at every turn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medal Nettle] Reference

The news of this outrage was hastily communicated to Juan Salcedo, who had been pacifying the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

Flatnose and his son, Moonface, succeeded in pacifying them, and a consultation was under way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ted Strong's Motor Car] Reference

But we're now discovering that the challenges of pacifying Afghanistan dwarf those posed by Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Things We Need to Do Now] Reference

Alice began to cry softly, while Nora had to turn her attention toward pacifying the little girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quest of Happy Hearts] Reference

This was the tranquil moon of summer, pacifying yet saddening men's hearts, as does all moonlight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference

But getting even that far will require pacifying the GOP renegades, deficit hawks like Bush's own father.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dubya's Next Shot] Reference

In hopes of pacifying your mind, which I am sure must be afflicted beyond measure, I write you this scrawl.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees] Reference

Then Vasudeva, O sire, and king Yudhishthira the just, with great effort, succeeded in pacifying those heroes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

And he told her these words, pacifying her affectionately, 'O goddess, my union with thee took place privately.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference

He could hear the mother pacifying it, but evidently she, too, had been asleep and had not discovered the stone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes] Reference

Musette's old admirer orders supper, in the hope of pacifying her, while she addresses Marcel in fond whispers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference

I had had a lot of pacifying to do among my officers over the question of "When are we going to get into this thing?".    From Wordnik.com.  ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference

You can't have peace in Afghanistan without pacifying Kandahar, but doing so won't deal a death blow to the insurgency.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Afghanistan, why does counterinsurgency work in some places but not others?] Reference

Neither by affliction nor by reasons could Surya or myself succeed in pacifying him or inducing him to unite himself with thee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

The good Irish blood of WILLIAM D. has always boiled at the sound of the slogan, for it generally means fight, and he wants -- pacifying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870] Reference

On him fell the duty of pacifying creditors at the door, and of making visits to the pawn-broker to meet the daily needs of the household.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference