Example Sentences

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Actually, Dad had mollified my brother, if only a little.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Anna May’s kindness to Ma had mollified me, but I was still at a loss for what to say.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The pleasure of having him once more safe and obedient in her hands had mollified that disposition so stern by nature as to verge on rudeness.

From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac

I thought I had mollified her, for she kissed me and said that all she cared about was my happiness.

From French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Avril, Paul

Miss Brooke was discreet enough to smoke only in her own room or in her brother's study—a fact which had mollified Sarah a little when her mistress first began the practice.

From Brooke's Daughter A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline