mollify
verb (used with object)
will mollify
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future tenseof mollify.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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My guess is that this unenforceable new set of old rules will mollify close to nobody.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2023
Once again, the question is what will mollify Mr. Erdogan and ensure his support for admitting Sweden and Finland.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2022
Modifications will mollify some, but not all, of the law’s critics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2020
“There isn’t. And so, create your own moral code to live by, but don’t be fooled into trying to make concessions that you think will mollify them.”
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2018
That blackguard Romata is in the dumps, and nothing will mollify him but a gift; so do you go up to his house and give him these whale's teeth, with my compliments.
From The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
