propitiate

propitiate the gods with a sacrifice.

the pagans thought it was important to propitiate the gods with sacrifices.

He tried to propitiate his angry boss with a heartfelt apology.

The villagers made offerings to propitiate the gods.

She offered to propitiate her upset friend by buying her favorite dessert.

In some cultures, sacrifices are made to propitiate the spirits of the ancestors.

The company sent a gift basket to propitiate the dissatisfied customer.

He offered to propitiate his girlfriend after forgetting their anniversary.

The king ordered a grand ceremony to propitiate the gods for a successful harvest.

The diplomat tried to propitiate the hostile nation by offering a peace treaty.

She made a sincere apology to propitiate her offended colleague.

The traditional ceremony was held to propitiate the spirits of the forest.

'I should like to lose something I valued in order to propitiate the fates.

Especially I felt this when I made any attempt to propitiate him.  No ruth met my ruth.

Panchu must undergo a purification ceremony to cleanse himself of sin and to propitiate his community.

So, that’s what she did, she made some sacrifices like those old school Aztecs who propitiated the Gods with human blood.

I myself think that the need to worship is no more than the survival of an old remembrance of cruel gods that had to be propitiated.

' There had been something so tremendous in the shrinking off of the three, that the wretched man was willing to propitiate even this lad.