Mary looked astonished, then alarmed, then placatory and uneasy.
"The Tunnel Under The World"
Frederik Pohl
She muttered her placatory charm, and tottered back into her cavern, where, amidst her herbs and incantations, she prepared to execute the orders of the Egyptian.
"The Last Days of Pompeii"
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Wherefore, instead of quarrelling with the deputation, he rose with placatory phrases in his mouth.
"A Romance in Transit"
Francis Lynde