mollify
Example Sentences
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The inequalities made many Scottish politicians pause, until their concerns were mollified by generous financial rewards.
Anna May’s kindness to Ma had mollified me, but I was still at a loss for what to say.
From Literature
They have every reason to mollify the Hollywood crowd to extract full value from their merged empire.
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.
No 10's attempts to mollify backbenchers will continue in the coming days, with the 37 Scottish Labour MPs getting particular close attention.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
