mollify

Example Sentences

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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

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has taken a cautious approach, seeking to mollify Trump.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

Now the question is whether the departures will be enough to mollify the mostly young people who have been staging regular and increasingly elaborate demonstrations.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

“I’ll get them later,” he said to mollify me, then slammed the door.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter