Sample Sentences for
mollify
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  • Mollified, Mayella gave Atticus a final terrified glance and said to Mr. Gilmer, "Well sir, I was on the porch and..."  (source)
    Mollified = calmed
  • "We just want information," Piper said in her most calming voice. "We hear you know everything." Aeolus straightened his lapels and looked slightly mollified.  (source)
  • But she wasn't completely mollified.  (source)
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  • "Damn right he don't," said George, slightly mollified, "not if he wants to stay workin' long."  (source)
    mollified = calmed
  • He wants to mollify me, so that I'll give up the idea of parting with him.  (source)
    mollify = calm
  • Head boys and waiters were mollifying the patrons, patting shoulders and clearing away the debris while straightening tables and producing new chairs and dispensing free glasses of whisky.  (source)
    mollifying = calming
  • TYRONE Mollifyingly.†  (source)
  • "I never saw him here before," said Mrs. Fletcher, still unmollified.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unmollified means not and reverses the meaning of mollified. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • —Some mollification for your giant, sweet lady.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • he had mollified the Savage into listening to his explanations,  (source)
    mollified = calmed
  • To mollify reporters, he would take Seabiscuit out onto the track during the heavily attended morning hours, but only for slow workouts or jogs.  (source)
    mollify = calm
  • Then, as if the sound recalled the past, the old friendship, Mary guessed how far away from them she had gone and said in a mollifying tone: "It's always like that with children."  (source)
    mollifying = calming
  • CHUCK—(mollifyingly) Yeah, Baby, sure.†  (source)
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