mollify
verb (used with object)
have mollified
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present perfectof mollify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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While it may not have mollified the critics, the 322-foot-tall rocket, known as the Space Launch System, or S.L.S., was an imposing sight on the launchpad.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
The shift does not appear to have mollified Maspeth residents.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2016
If you find your reassurances have mollified her, then all is fine.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2012
The engagement, to one of Spain's grandest grandees, might logically have mollified a mother with four unmarried daughters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Obviously we have one of those debates over whether the glass is half empty or half full; the increases that seem to have mollified many economists do not seem so impressive to me.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
