Verb (used with object), : to placate an outraged citizenry.    From Dictionary.com. 

Dubious, though; Obama is too interested in placating illiterate fools like yourself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Chile Earthquake] Reference

Here is the maverick doing what mavericks do, namely placating social conservatives.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily O'Collegian] Reference

I know you're an intellectual dynamo, and "placating" is a pretty large word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

They most likely will offer you some kind of placating comfort, while doing nothing whatsoever.    From Wordnik.com.  [News from www.pantagraph.com] Reference

Where should taxpayer funds be spent, helping US citizens keep their jobs or do we want to spend those funds 'placating' our creditors?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conceptual Guerilla - Central Command in the War of Ideas] Reference

"Forgive me, Messere," he said in a placating tone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference

He approached Perdikkas with a sober placating face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral Games]

“I know,” Emerahl said, in an overly placating way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last of the Wilds]

And Mollie, heartily ashamed of herself, succeeded in placating the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run] Reference

She folded, tent-like, into a placating mass of paw waving obedience.    From Wordnik.com.  [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference

They met my eyes not with placating apology, but with fierce concentration.    From Wordnik.com.  [To The Hilt]

So did Neboulos, who made a placating gesture before lifting his silver goblet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bridge of the Separator]

Her role in placating moderates may be more important this year than ever before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barbara's Backlash] Reference

           Royflashed his spouse of six years a weak, placating smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whites in Hot Water] Reference

President Obama must choose between appointing Ms. Warren or placating the big banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Elizabeth Warren and Her Discontents] Reference

"Okay," Billy said, though his tone suggested that he was placating me rather than agreeing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead Beat]

That's why I'm 27 and essentially just NOW starting my life (that's my self-placating reason).    From Wordnik.com.  [amishboy Diary Entry] Reference

Better to hurt someone's feelings now in truth than to wear yourself thin with placating lies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Event Soon! And pictures] Reference

Trail and Madson had gone far beyond what their friends thought necessary in placating Cunanan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Killer's Trail] Reference

But couldn't you curve your back just a bit -- and possibly assume a more placating expression?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gambler's World] Reference

Mr. Chartwell and the marquess shuffled their feet and darted careful, placating glances at her.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady of Expectations]

I watched his eyes carefully for some sign that he was placating me, but they were perfectly clear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eclipse]

"Was he speaking of me?" demanded Mollie Billette in deadly quiet, but Roy raised a placating hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers] Reference

On the other days, Musharraf was placating the same insurgents he was taking U.S. funding to defeat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moving Beyond Gut-Check Diplomacy] Reference

In this manner, man passed from the stage of contending against the spirits to one of placating them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference

She had the gall to use my name in the argument, like she was placating me and I didn't know anything.    From Wordnik.com.  [mugbug226 Diary Entry] Reference

EDWARD: She -- you know, I didn't think she was taking me seriously, and she was kind of like placating me.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2001] Reference

 Lauren read it bleakly, hearing his voice through the words: Rob, being charming, placating, self-pitying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sleeping Partners]

There is a scratchy, jagged voice stumbling over broken syllables, and a soothing voice intent on placating.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Legacy, Not A Blueprint] Reference

Sure, there are any number of reasons (some honest, some placating) but I like to think of genuine growth to be a major draw.    From Wordnik.com.  [amishboy Diary Entry] Reference

And they remain known public, and the same day, the archdiocese released a statement, essentially aimed at placating the public.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2002] Reference

She had a knack for seeing what you were getting at and encouraging you to continue without sounding like she was placating you.    From Wordnik.com.  [ugly me] Reference

After years of Washington placating Beijing, it appears that the dangers of allowing China to bully its neighbors is sinking in.    From Wordnik.com.  [South China Sea Ructions] Reference

With the new policy, the government succeeds in satisfying angry migrant families and placating activists with a seeming victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Julian Baird Gewirtz: More Rights, but Less Space?--A Chinese Conundrum] Reference

The policy of placating China has paid no dividends; if anything it emboldens their intransigence and encourages their alternate path.    From Wordnik.com.  [Safe Ways To Play The Defense Sector] Reference

They're more concerned with placating the right, when I don't think they're going to get the right supporting them no matter what they do.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Poll Shows Tough Road Ahead For Democrats] Reference