mollify
Example Sentences
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No, Ms. Brown was interested in grief, memory, selective prosecution, hasty police work, the politics of law enforcement, and the need to mollify the public when a heinous crime has been committed and goes unsolved.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing mollify
Of Mice and Men
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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