mollify
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From there, Cassidy moved to mollify his own fears.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Maybe someone down at the petrol station, to which William keeps sneaking to mollify his insatiable chocolate addiction and where local people do unspeakable things with the gas pumps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
X in June sought to mollify the EU by adding a disclaimer to the checkmark.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
A cut is widely expected later this month – but is highly unlikely to be large enough to mollify the president.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
The statement, which was clearly designed to mollify conservatives, received an icy reception in Hayti.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
He mollifies a suspicious Senate subcommittee Did he or didn't he?
From Time Magazine Archive
"It mollifies the entire course of postoperative pain."
From Time Magazine Archive
This mollifies him, and he politely shows us what he is doing.
From Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by Henry Van Dyke
So, so; she mollifies apace—she's struck with my figure! this attitude has had its effect.
From The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
He's half started to bow his neck at Boggs, but they mollifies him.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by W. Herbert Dunton
Some readers may be mollified by this—or amused by Mr. Pappalardo’s explanation that telling the tale of Borger required some shiftiness since “it’s just that kind of town.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
“Nvidia will likely exceed earnings expectations but the question is whether investors will be mollified or not,” she added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
He ideally would like to bring Western nations along, yet they believe his hunger for peace outweighs his wish to ensure European leaders are mollified.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
Neither move mollified Carter, who gave Bass until May to fix the broken system, vowing to become “your worst nightmare” should she fail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
“Oh, in that case I guess it’s okay,” Colonel Korn said, mollified.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
This is evidently quite appealing, or mollifying, to many audiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But if you can get on its wavelength, there’s a mollifying charm to Travolta’s debut.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
That includes mollifying the person who made her vice president, thus vaulting Harris to top-tier status should she run again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
It’s a great character moment for Danvers, who has been more comfortable than Navarro in mollifying the powers-that-be.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
When the children had faded silently out of the kitchen, Lillian spoke to her husband in a mollifying, supplicating tone.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing mollify
Of Mice and Men
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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