Allaying Sentence Examples

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  • The efforts of diplomacy were directed to allaying the resentment of the " Young Turks " on the one hand and the ardour of the Greek unionists on the other; and meanwhile the Cretan administration was carried on peaceably in the name of King George.

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  • Besides the incomparable Journal, his Appeals to Men of Reason and Religion also produced an extraordinary effect in allaying prejudice and winning respect.

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  • Much of the blame falls upon the Supreme Council, which shrank from the only effective means of allaying friction - immediate Allied occupation of the disputed zone, pending the decision of the Peace Conference.

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  • Speaking generally, the administration of the operations is conducted upon the Australian plan, with special attention to allaying the distrust of the native and more ignorant classes, for which purpose the influence of the clergy was enlisted.

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  • The compromise served its turn in allaying political bitterness and staving off a direct conflict between the United States and South Carolina.

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  • For in such mixtures, the component colours appear not, but, by their mutual allaying each other constitute a midling colour."

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  • The panic was so great that the niinistry felt it necessary to make exceptional provisions for allaying it.

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  • His first act was to repudiate the Henoticon, a deed of union, originating, it is supposed, with Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople, and published by the emperor Zeno with the view of allaying the strife between the Monophysites and their opponents in the Eastern church.

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  • The height of the wall has now been increased, hopefully allaying any concerns.

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