mollify
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From there, Cassidy moved to mollify his own fears.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
The government tried to mollify protesters by introducing a monthly cash subsidy of 10 million rials per person—about $7, though it goes further in Iran—and vowing to crack down on price gougers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 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
Then, driven more by thirst than by any desire to return home, she gathered a bundle of wood—to mollify Aunt Chipo—and trudged back to the stream.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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
"Beauty in distress mollifies the court, does it?" inquired Richard, willing to be won from his own wretchedness by talk even with a man like this.
From Bred in the Bone by James Payn
So, so; she mollifies apace—she's struck with my figure! this attitude has had its effect.
From The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Hoary hair mollifies minds that are fond of strife and petulant wrangling.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
He was not at all mollified by a problem with the GPS system that shows teams where all the cars are on track.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The inequalities made many Scottish politicians pause, until their concerns were mollified by generous financial rewards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 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
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
Ernest mollified Stone by blaming Time's editors for the slights.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
But if you can get on its wavelength, there’s a mollifying charm to Travolta’s debut.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Bezos rejected claims that he declined an endorsement to Harris in hopes of mollifying Trump, although he acknowledged that his web of business interests would always present appearances of potential conflicts of interest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
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
What if Reykdal, a person of considerable smarts and energy, used those traits to rally teachers and parents, rather than mollifying legislators as more kids leave public education for private- and home-schooling?
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
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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