mollify
verb (used with object)
was mollifying
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past progressiveof mollify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The impression was mollifying, and he too, like Lord Canterville, had begun to long for a short cut.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James
