Appeased
[ə'pi:zd]
Examples
- Yes, but you won't do it, answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It has scarce ever happened, that the fury and indignation of the people could otherwise be appeased. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Her wretchedness I could have borne, but her passionher maliceAt all events it must be appeased. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I only want some money, said Laurie, walking on again, appeased by her hearty tone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- When my hunger was appeased, I directed my steps towards the well-known path that conducted to the cottage. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Disdain would but have incensed; it was indifference that appeased his rough spirit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr Boffin appeased him with a wave of his hand, and said: 'I employed him, Wegg. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Those Furies, the conventionalities, being thus appeased, he left her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mrs. Norris, who had begun to redden, was appeased; and, for a little while, other subjects took place of the improvements of Sotherton. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And now, Count Caliphronas, said the good lady, thus appeased, suppose you sing us one of your songs. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Only from the poets, who acknowledge that they may be appeased by sacrifices. Plato. The Republic.
- He complied with her request, and answered her challenge in a large wine-cup; she then proceeded with her story, as if appeased by his complaisance. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr. Sympson was appeased and his family tranquillized. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They went round the Holy Places together, and Omar, now a little appeased, made sly jokes at the expense of his too magnificent followers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My hunger, sharp before, was, if not satisfied, appeased by this hermit's meal. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Surely the spirit of restlessness was by this time appeased? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mary was appeased by her inclination to laugh. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Inputed by Byron