Scoppiato il colera, atterrita dalla grande moría e convinta fermamente che dovessimo tutti morire, io sopra tutti, ch'ero, secondo lei, in peccato mortale, per placare l'ira divina, pretese da me il sacrifizio che sposassi, almeno in chiesa solamente, quella ragazza.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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- Sí, sí, te lo giuro, stai tranquilla! - le ripeteva in un torrente di lagrime, rispondendo al gesto di quelle mani e per placare la ferocia di quegli occhi.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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E con quell'offerta di due galletti e di quella bisaccia di mandorle e di noci e con le tre lire della messa doveva placare (don Pietro lo sapeva) San Calògero, il santo di tutte le grazie, che le aveva fatto guarire il figlio d'una malattia mortale.(Pirandello - Novelle per un anno)<>
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Santo nome di Dio benedetto! Se non sa sputare, lui, se non sputa mai neppure nel fazzoletto, da quella brava persona che è! Sì, sì, va bene: il signor Truppel ha promesso, giurato, per placare il fratello; ma, passato il primo momento, si sa che valore hanno certe promesse e certi giuramenti anche per coloro a cui sono fatti.
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Egli le palpava le tempie per sentire se ardessero. Cercava di placarla. (D'Annunzio - Forse che sì forse che no)
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A Bologna, tanto crebbe la sua angoscia che non poté placarla se non tentando di riudire la voce della povera anima lontana. Attese lungamente nell'ufficio delle comunicazioni. Il rombo del suo cuore empiva la cabina ottusa. L'apparecchio era pieno d'un balbettio incomprensibile, ed egli gittava nell'imbuto nero la sua ansietà inutilmente. (D'Annunzio - Forse che sì forse che no)
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«Va’, uomo virtuoso, mansueto bibliotecario, va’, ritorna a casa a placare con questo tesoro la vedova Pescatore. ( Pirandello - Il fu Mattia Pascal )<>
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Io sapevo che l’aveva con me e , sempre tenendo conto della presenza di Tullio , cercai di conquistare il tempo necessario per placarla .(I.Svevo - La coscienza di zeno)<>
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abbonacciare
= verbo trans. rendere tranquillo , placare
= verbo intr. , più com . abbonacciarsi
= verbo rifl. calmarsi acquietarsi .<>
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abbondare abondare
= verbo intr. placare<>
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acchetare
= verbo trans. acquietare , placare , calmare acchetarsi
= verbo rifl. quietarsi , calmarsi .<>
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addormire
= verbo trans. addormentare quietare , calmare addormirsi
= verbo rifl. addormentarsi , dormire placarsi , acquietarsi<>
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calmare
= verbo trans. rendere calmo, placare <>
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implacabile
= che non si può placare , che non dà , non conosce tregua <>
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placabile
= che si può placare<>
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placamento
= il placare , il placarsi , l'essere placato .<>
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racchetare
= verbo trans. chetare, calmare, placare. <>
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raumiliare
= verbo trans. placare, ammansire, rendere mite <>
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sedare
= verbo transitivo calmare , placare , <>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) Mr. Bennet raised his eyes from his book as she entered, and fixed themon her face with a calm unconcern which was not in the least altered byher communication.<>
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There sat the man whohad traced to their source the mighty ponds of Hampstead, and agitatedthe scientific world with his Theory of Tittlebats, as calm and unmovedas the deep waters of the one on a frosty day, or as a solitary specimenof the other in the inmost recesses of an earthen jar.<>
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Hepassed the wine, coughed twice, and looked at the stranger for severalseconds with a stern intensity; as that individual, however, appearedperfectly collected, and quite calm under his searching glance, hegradually relaxed, and reverted to the subject of the ball.<>
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The succeeding half-hour's conversation was not of a nature to calm hisperturbed spirit.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Nothing in the whole adventure, not even the upset, had disturbedthe calm and equable current of Mr. Pickwick's temper.<>
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Her face was calm and placid; and even as I looked upon it, a tranquilsmile lighted up her pale features.<>
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Upon this, themerry laughter of Miss Lobbs rang through the calm evening air--withoutseeming to disturb it, though; it had such a pleasant sound--andthe wicked little cousin laughed more immoderately than before, andNathaniel Pipkin blushed deeper than ever.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'He was seated here, one calm evening, in his old position, now and thenraising his head to watch the flight of a sea-gull, or carry his eyealong the glorious crimson path, which, commencing in the middle of theocean, seemed to lead to its very verge where the sun was setting, whenthe profound stillness of the spot was broken by a loud cry for help; helistened, doubtful of his having heard aright, when the cry was repeatedwith even greater vehemence than before, and, starting to his feet, hehastened in the direction whence it proceeded.<>
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His young brothers and sisters crowdedround his little bed, and seized his tiny hand, so cold and heavy; butthey shrank back from its touch, and looked with awe on his infant face;for calm and tranquil as it was, and sleeping in rest and peace as thebeautiful child seemed to be, they saw that he was dead, and they knewthat he was an angel looking down upon, and blessing them, from a brightand happy Heaven.<>
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The judge looked sternly at Sam for full two minutes, but Sam's featureswere so perfectly calm and serene that the judge said nothing, andmotioned Serjeant Buzfuz to proceed.<>
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He read, Sir,' rejoined Pott, laying his hand on Mr. Pickwick's knee,and looking round with a smile of intellectual superiority--'he read formetaphysics under the letter M, and for China under the letter C, andcombined his information, Sir!'Mr. Pott's features assumed so much additional grandeur at therecollection of the power and research displayed in the learnedeffusions in question, that some minutes elapsed before Mr. Pickwickfelt emboldened to renew the conversation; at length, as the editor'scountenance gradually relaxed into its customary expression of moralsupremacy, he ventured to resume the discourse by asking--'Is it fair to inquire what great object has brought you so far fromhome?That object which actuates and animates me in all my gigantic labours,Sir,' replied Pott, with a calm smile: 'my country's good.<>
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But was there not something wrong with the man whotalked in that calm way about being a murderer? Was it possible that thepriest was a little mad?"Don't you think," he said, abruptly; "that this notion of yours, of aman trying to feel like a criminal, might make him a little too tolerantof crime?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) Father Brown sat up and spoke in a more staccato style.<>
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