Examples of 'mollify' in a sentence

Meaning of "mollify"

Mollify (verb): To appease, pacify, or soothe someone's anger or anxiety through gentle persuasion or reassurance
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  • To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  • To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of.
  • To soften; to make tender

How to use "mollify" in a sentence

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The board wanted to mollify panicky stockholders.
Some mollify their pain through substance abuse.
Something that will mollify the right.
Enough to mollify the soldiers and workers.
Ithinkthevastsumofmoney involved will mollify their scruples.
A feast to mollify even the harshest critic.
Better think how to mollify him.
That did not mollify many state legislators.
These words gave me some hope to mollify him.
Do not try to mollify or bargain with me.
And the headmaster will want to mollify them.
Listening mollify the complaining employees.
I cry only when my parents are around to mollify me.
That did not mollify the senators.
In mathematics and particularly in analysis it is beneficial to mollify functions.

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That seemed to mollify my sister.
He struggled to think what he could say to mollify her.
Henry needed to mollify the nobles and secure his throne.
Only a bold energy reform is likely to mollify them.
Mollify her lovingly.
But that did not seem to mollify committee members.
To mollify my pain.
But this has failed to mollify the committee.
Zhao attempted to mollify the protesters by engaging in dialogue with student groups.
Or distort history to mollify them.
But you cannot mollify all of the people all of the time.
Other countries attended in order to mollify various peace groups.
Do not mollify me with what you presume I wish to hear.
It does not look as though this will mollify the clubs.
Mary tried to mollify Tom by singing him a lullaby.
He even tried to mollify her.
Arnuwanda attempted to mollify some of the Kaska tribes by means of tribute.
He moved here to mollify me.
He can mollify both Shiite and Sunnis by granting them affordable housing.
Yet they have no options to mollify the guest workers.
Went from office to office, people mollify.
Many of his appointments were designed to mollify critics rather than to reward supporters.
Officials concede privately that this is to mollify Trump.
I must attempt to mollify him and try to contact Tokyo.
I think the vast sum of money involved will mollify their scruples.
The West should seek to mollify Russia on core strategic questions like NATO expansion.
Peters had worked tirelessly to quash these concerns and mollify those who voiced them.
Enough to mollify the soldiers and workers for tonight, at least.
He was not prepared to mollify Paris opinion.
This can mollify neuroplastic changes in the brain 's ability to process sound.
Moon would likely seek to mollify China in some other way.
Publications of the Manifesto at the time therefore required such a statement to mollify Washington.
I went home and tried to mollify her, but it was hopeless.
The engagement had to be abandoned but that did mollify the King.
If compensation could mollify families ' feelings, this would help to keep the peace.

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