mollified 1 of 2

past tense of mollify
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mollified

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mollified
Adjective
Choi’s suggestions haven’t mollified Young Poong and MBK Partners. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 20 Jan. 2025 Netanyahu has mollified his overexuberant colleagues on the right mostly by acquiescing to their demands in the domestic sphere. Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mollified
Verb
  • Now, with the offseason acquisition of Holiday, and bringing back Lillard, seems to have appeased Grant’s unease.
    Jason Quick, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But many social media users aren’t appeased, with some calling to dismantle JICA entirely, or voicing distrust of the organization’s statements.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Some asked if the attacker was still at large, relieved when told the police said the suspect was dead.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Leonard was relieved from the podium, and went about the rest of his afternoon.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some were skeptical that the plan alleviated national-security concerns.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
  • That program has not alleviated concerns over postproduction deductions and, as of August, had not resolved any cases about that issue, the news organizations found.
    Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The rift was short-lived, as their big feelings were soothed mere minutes into Monday's event.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The positive experience of being soothed, whether through calming words, laughter or playful connection, encourages a preference for partners who are attuned and responsive.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While fans were elated, many were surprised, since Shiesty’s original release date was slated for April 2026.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The winner was elated about their relationship from the start.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Vought, who helped write the policy blueprint known as Project 2025, is playing a major role during the shutdown, including on decisions over whether there are mass layoffs of federal employees instead of furloughs and what funding is cut and what is allowed to flow.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The tax credits, part of the Affordable Care Act, have helped nearly 610,000 Tennesseans afford health insurance premiums this year.
    Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether ecstatic or vitriolic, the attention the book garnered was unprecedented.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Lee, one of the few female religious leaders of the 18th century, and her followers were known for worshipping through ecstatic song and movement.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mendes’ eased into his return with last year’s For Friends and Family Only Tour.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Criteria have been eased several times since then as the kingdom increasingly sees the need to court foreign capital.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Mollified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mollified. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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