How to Use conciliatory in a Sentence

conciliatory

adjective

• The government’s earlier conciliatory approach may been prompted by the scale of the protest, the largest in about a decade.
  — Elisha Bala-Gbogbo, Bloomberg.com, 17 Oct. 2020
• At the end of the contentious race, Mr. Murphy sounded a conciliatory note.
  — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2021
• Iger’s comments were more conciliatory than has past remarks on the strikes.
  — Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• To them, the conciliatory language politics of Nehru and Indira Gandhi are a thing of the past.
  — Phillip M. Carter, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
• Bowlsby struck a conciliatory note on the new conference while throwing a little shade on the side.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2021
• But analysts say that in his third decade in power and final term in office, the Turkish strongman may be on a conciliatory path with the West.
  — Zeena Saifi, CNN, 12 July 2023
• On the other hand, his memoir rarely reads as conciliatory.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2021
• Nearly nine years later, Hodge's tone is more conciliatory than his 2016 statement to the hearing board.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
• Rather than focusing on whether or not a consumer can connect to the internet in the first place, providers will need to adopt more of a conciliatory approach toward their customers.
  — Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• What’s surprising is how conciliatory the other four band members are to Yorke.
  — Chuck Klosterman, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2023
• Despite the relatively conciliatory tone struck by McCarthy and Biden, the two parties are far from an agreement on the debt ceiling.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
• In a conciliatory masterclass with regard to streamers, that message came across loud and clear.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
• Latimer sought to strike a conciliatory note in a victory speech to cheering supporters in White Plains.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
• But Ting strikes a conciliatory tone toward rivals like Bird, whose shares have fallen 94% this year on fears the e-scooter revolution has peaked.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
• Kennedy himself took a more conciliatory—and sometimes avoidant—approach to civil rights issues early in his term.
  — Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
• In a conciliatory gesture, Wagner gaveled open Senate floor sessions this week but did not conduct a roll call.
  — Andrew Selsky, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
• Like Mapps, Ryan also sounded a conciliatory note toward the police chief, noting Lovell was sworn in during a very turbulent time in June.
  — oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2020
• The Taliban, wary of once again governing as an international pariah, has tried to strike a more conciliatory tone this time around.
  — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2021
• The two were perfectly positioned to shift to a more conciliatory approach.
  — Jomana Karadsheh and Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
• Forced to address the looming risk of FTC oversight, Musk reportedly struck a conciliatory tone.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 11 Nov. 2022
• When raising this issue on Friday, Mr. Xi struck a conciliatory tone.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
• By 1967, Poitier’s star had risen so high that critics began to accuse him of being too conciliatory and demure in his approach to racial politics.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
• On this front, Mr. González has been more conciliatory than other candidates.
  — Isayen Herrera Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 6 May 2024
• Some employees viewed that as an attempt to be conciliatory.
  — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
• Kremlev has not taken a conciliatory tone toward the IOC's demands.
  — Greg Beacham, ajc, 25 Sep. 2022
• In a wide-ranging interview with the magazine Le Point last week, Macron seemed more defiant than conciliatory.
  — Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
• Often, King of the Hill ends on a conciliatory note, with father and son reaching a deeper mutual understanding—until the next episode, when Hank tenses up all over again.
  — Adrienne Matei, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2022
• Pope Francis has been notable for his conciliatory approach to gay people.
  — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
• The United States attempted to manage these crises in the 1960s by responding with conciliatory gestures aimed at alleviating tensions.
  — Sung-Yoon Lee, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2010
• After his majority win, however, Trump took a conciliatory approach, describing his opponents as great people.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Oct 2024