mollify

Example Sentences

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They have every reason to mollify the Hollywood crowd to extract full value from their merged empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

X in June sought to mollify the EU by adding a disclaimer to the checkmark.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

The fact that it was supposed to be temporary did not mollify the people who disliked it, chief among them the short-story writer Guy de Maupassant.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

For tech companies and startups that had their business models walloped by high interest rates, it makes sense to make grandiose proclamations about A.I. that will mollify your investors.

From Slate • May 17, 2024

To mollify reporters, he would take Seabiscuit out onto the track during the heavily attended morning hours, but only for slow workouts or jogs.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand