| Some claim that mental illness is caused by possession by spirit entities which must be placated. |
| On the domestic side, however, he seems to have placated the right wing of the Republican Party. |
| In a previous stint as prime minister, he placated his Bedouin troops by raising their salaries. |
| It placated my brother and me for hours, despite the chaos going on around us. |
| Nor are the unions, with their manifold grievances, going to be placated by a couple of sentences. |
| She placated him, smoothing down his shoulder length hair with her rough and gnarled hands. |
