He would then have doubly felt, that his sacrifice to such vile appearance, instead of propitiating his rivals, had dishonoured him with his friends, and become an instrument in the hands of his enemies.
Being irritated by his late disdain of propitiating her as formerly, by successive magnificent presents; she sold her interest in another quarter, and studied day and night to destroy him in the favour of her mistress.
Poor Mike trembled with apprehension of the evil consequences that might accrue to him; and in the hope of propitiating the angry spirit of his revengeful neighbour, confessed all he knew, which was everything, about the matter.
Other modes of propitiating the higher powers were penitential processions, the parading of images of the Virgin or of saints through plague-stricken towns, and fetiches innumerable.
Or, as another writer puts it, "the propitiating of the nats is a question of daily concern to the lower class Burman, while the worship at the pagoda is only thought of once a week.
To their agency are ascribed all the illnesses and misfortunes that afflict humanity, and a Lushai's whole life is spent in propitiating them.
Certainly some people accompany the throwing of the stone on the pile with the presentation of useful articles, which can hardly serve any other purpose than that of propitiating some local spirits.
Propitiating the spirits of those who have died a violent death.
Thursdays and Fridays are favourable days for working, and Mondays and Tuesdays for propitiating one's ancestors.
If the mother has got the child after propitiating a spirit, it may be called Bhuta, from bhut, a spirit or ghost.
In propitiating it, the Savara makes an image of a bull in straw, and, taking it out of his village, leaves it on the foot-path after a pig has been sacrificed to it.
He succeeded in propitiating the deity by offering this heroic sacrifice, and the spells of the Seniyars instantly collapsed, and the whole legion of imps and devils, who had impeded the progress of the Pallis' car, vanished into thin air.
He is beset with adulatory petitions, and propitiating gifts; the Noblesse who have escaped confinement form a sort of court about his person; and thrice happy is the owner of that habitation at which he condescends to reside.
The taking of heads is said to be a means of propitiating these spirits (3).
Conduct is the most efficacious rite of propitiating the deities (for bringing about auspiciousness of every kind).
One should always perform the Homa forpropitiating the deities, and recite the Savitri Mantra.
The same is the case with cockroaches, If fireflies and vultures and wood-pigeons and bees enter a house or seek residence in it, acts of propitiating the deities should be performed.
He gazed with deprecating urbanity, and with his lips distended into a propitiating smile, at the troubled face powdered so white and with its lowering eyes so dark and petulant.
It was his duty to interfere; and so, having disciplined the husband, he essayed the more delicate matter of propitiating the wife.
Until that happy era shall arrive, the poor Hindus will only go on alternately adoring and propitiating the sun, as its benign or its cruel influences shall fall upon them.
It was an ancient custom to offer a stag on the high altar of Durham Abbey, the sacrifice being accompanied with winding of horns, on Holy Rood Day, which suggests a form of propitiating the Wild Huntsman in the hunting season.
Mr. Box seems to be inclined to ascribe the custom to the desire ofpropitiating the spirits of the earth.
It is supposed that by propitiating their king with prayers and offerings they can be banished to some locality where prayers and offerings are neglected.
Independent of these payments securing the doctor’s services, they are considered as sacrifices; that is, the man makes himself poor with a view of propitiating the Great Spirit.
Another mode resorted to of propitiating the anger of Wakoñda or securing his aid is fasting and cutting their bodies.
It is, of course, comparatively modern, and quite useless as a means for ascertaining the real basis of the custom, which is probably a means of propitiating the tree god to grant favourable weather.
The plan of propitiating the Naga with an offering of milk is found also in the case of the Durham legend of the Lambton worm and the dragon of Deerhurst in Gloucestershire.
At this point, moreover, had ceased the pretended influence of Mohammad ibn Mohammad, Sultan of Tajura, the utter futility of propitiating whom had long been sufficiently apparent.
He will talk like Baron Holbach, reason like Grimm, and at the bottom has no serious care except chewing tobacco, drinking spirits, butchering his enemies, and propitiating his sorcerers.
The Athenian people propitiating their servile class after the battle of Arginuses, might be taken for a picture of the nineteenth century.
The Indians having deified the serpent, their heroic tales have no further aim than that of propitiating him.
Senator with a gallantly propitiating glance in the direction of Jennie, Peggy and the rest of the bunch of assorted pink and blue little calico petticoats.
The questions asked refer to the essential nature of Brahman, the different modes of the manifestation of its power, and the different results of propitiating it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "propitiating" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
