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How To Use peaceably In A Sentence

• Swarms of flamingoes, egrets, and cormorants filled the air, seeking the shore, whilst the alcatras, a large species of pelican, alone continued peaceably to fish in the middle of the gulf. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
• ¶ And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. Judges 21.
• Nevertheless, John realized that not all tyrants could be peaceably overcome and offered specific advice about deposing them by force.
• Lippmann suggested that Kennedy's prudence — his decision to "react sharply, but to react for a limited aim and with limited means" — allowed the confrontation to end "peaceably," as Khrushchev accepted the naval quarantine in a A Near Miss
• He urged quietism, pacifism, and submission to civil government, exhorting his followers to live peaceably and unobtrusively in harmony with the community and the government.
• The burgesses are entitled, by the charter of Henry II., to have a GUILD MERCHANT, with the usual franchises annexed, of safe transit through the kingdom, exemption from toll, pontage, and stallage; liberty to buy and sell peaceably; and power to hold a guild for the renewal of freedom to the burgesses, the confirming of by-laws, and other purposes. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 470, January 8, 1831
• The states of Syria did not give it to him (v. 21), because they knew it belonged to his elder brother's son, nor did he get it by the sword, but came in peaceably, pretending to reign for his brother's son, Demetrius, then a hostage at Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
• At this time, the humans and elves were able to live peaceably with each other.
• Navy, and they even got to try to cartelize their industry when they could peaceably agree with each other to restrain trade. Matthew Yglesias » Gulf Stability and the New Iraq
• Nation states could only coexist peaceably if a strong collective security arrangement were respected by all.