"Placation" Example Sentences
1. The company offered small raises in a failed attempt at placation.
2. His empty promises and excuses were not enough for her placation.
3. The gesture of a free donut did little for the customer's placation.
4. All it took was an apology and sincere promise of improvement for her placation.
5. The firing of a low-level employee served as a placation to the angry customers.
6. Attempts at placation were too little, too late for the enraged protestors.
7. Their placation of critics only bought them a brief respite before the controversy reignited.
8. The minor policy reforms served more as placation rather than true change.
9. His efforts at appeasement and placation only added fuel to their outrage.
10. His soothing words and assurances were intended more for placation than actual comfort.
11. The letter of explanation was viewed more as placation than a genuine apology.
12. The temporary measures did nothing for the long-term solutions, functioning merely as placation.
13. Their token efforts at reform reeked of political placation rather than genuine goodwill.
14. The small pay increase was seen as a hollow placation rather than meaningful compensation.
15. Promises of platitudes and empty words did nothing to soothe their anger or facilitate any real placation.
16. The insubstantial offerings were obviously designed more for placation than resolution of the fundamental issues.
17. All feasible efforts at placation had been exhausted, yet the mob remained enraged.
18. Her demands for justice could not be assuaged by mere placation or empty promises.
19. The minor policy changes served only as a symbolic placation rather than meaningful progress.
20. No amount of placation seemed capable of soothing their ire or addressing the root problems.
21. Their attempts at placation fell on deaf ears as the protestors remained steadfast in their demands.
22. Real change would not come through placation or appeasement but through substantive action.
23. Minor adjustments to routine procedures functioned more as palliative placation than revolutionary reform.
24. The minor concessions served only as placation without actually addressing the core issues.
25. His promises of improvement rang hollow and failed to achieve any real placation.
26. The company's minor adjustments were seen more as PR placation than genuine problem solving.
27. No amount of explanation or justification could achieve her full placation.
28. Her dissatisfaction could not be assuaged through superficial placation.
29. Their desire for justice could not be placated through halfhearted measures and empty words.
30. The cosmetic changes amounted to little more than superficial placation.
31. The token concessions failed to achieve any meaningful placation of unhappy customers.
32. Real reform would require more than symbolic placation through minor adjustments.
33. Their offers of severely limited amends served only as hollow placation.
34. The dismissive attitude of placation instead of justice enraged the protesters further.
35. The meaningless promises and excuses served no real purpose except for superficial placation.
36. After numerous failed efforts at placation, the leaders realized punitive action could not be avoided.
37. All attempts at placation and reconciliation had proved futile with the opposing side.
38. His words were clearly meant for placation rather than genuine encouragement.
39. After numerous failed efforts at pacification and placation, violence erupted.
40. The superficial changes amounted to little more than political placation.
41. Only genuine reform, not shallow placation, could achieve any lasting results.
42. The minor alterations served as face-saving placation rather than meaningful progress.
43. Their demands for justice could not be assuaged through empty placation and hollow gestures.
44. Real solutions would require much more than shallow placation through insignificant modifications.
45. The minor policy tweaks achieved nothing but temporary placation without addressing core issues.
46. Her anger could not be assuaged through mere placation but required significant reform.
47. Placation through meaningless gestures and empty words would no longer suffice.
48. No amount of empty placation or justification would satisfy their demands for fairness and justice.
49. The minor adjustments were designed more for public relations placation than effective problem solving.
50. Real change would require much more than token placation through minor alterations.
51. The dismissive attitude of placation instead of acknowledgment enraged protesters further.
52. Placation without reform served only as a bandage without addressing underlying illness.
53. The hollow placations fooled no one as the need for meaningful change became increasingly evident.
54. Their demands called for substantive justice, not merely superficial placation.
55. Real reform must go beyond mere placation and aim for fundamental transformation.
56. The small concessions amounted to little more than symbolic placation without actual reform.
57. Her dissatisfaction could only be assuaged through genuine change, not shallow placation.
58. After numerous failed efforts at face-saving placation, substantive reforms became necessary.
59. The token efforts at placation fooled no one as protests mounted for real change.
60. Placation alone, without genuine reform, would only breed further resentment and outrage.
Common Phases
1. Empty
placation
Used to describe words or actions intended to satisfy or pacify, but seen as insincere and ineffective.
2. Attempts at
placation
3. Efforts at
placation
4. Serve as
placation
5. Function as
placation
6. Mere/shallow/superficial
placation
Placation seen as insufficient, missing the real or important issues.
7. Hollow
placation
Placation viewed as insincere, meaningless or ineffective.
8.
Placation without reform
Reform seen as necessary to go beyond superficial
placation.