Sample Sentences formollify (editor-reviewed)
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She managed to mollify the angry customer.mollify = calm
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She apologized, but he would not be mollified, and he continued to insist on speaking with her manager.mollified = calmed
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"Of course," says Fulvia, obviously mollified by the response to her idea. (source)mollified = calmed (made to feel better)
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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
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"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)
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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
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He wants to mollify me, so that I'll give up the idea of parting with him. (source)mollify = calm
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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
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TYRONE Mollifyingly.† (source)
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"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.
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—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.
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he had mollified the Savage into listening to his explanations, (source)mollified = calmed
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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
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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
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CHUCK—(mollifyingly) Yeah, Baby, sure.† (source)
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