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were mollifying

  • past progressive
    of mollify.
    mollify
    verb (used with object)
    to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.

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The florid gentleman's tone and manner were mollifying in the extreme.

From Saint Martin's Summer by Rafael Sabatini