mollify

Official L.A., anxious to mollify angry and frightened Angelenos, dropped the hammer on a plant near downtown L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

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 ● Feb. 8, 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

Truman tried to mollify his critics by instituting a new loyalty program for the federal government.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

"It mollifies the entire course of postoperative pain."

From Time Magazine Archive

He mollifies a suspicious Senate subcommittee Did he or didn't he?

From Time Magazine Archive

To have a man so simple and so honourable to represent us in the darkness of primeval history, binds all the intervening centuries together, and mollifies all their monstrosities.

From Varied Types by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

So, so; she mollifies apace—she's struck with my figure! this attitude has had its effect.

From The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

By finding grandeur in our disasters, and merriment in our mishaps, the aesthetic sense thus mollifies both, and consoles us for the frequent impossibility of a serious and perfect beauty.

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana

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

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

Nor is he mollified by the idea of moving everyone to a nearby lot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

“That’s the way I’ll mix it and grind it for our next rocket,” I told him, and he was mollified.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

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

Chamberlin was startled to see that Holmes’s false warmth seemed to be mollifying the creditors.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson