mollified

• “The title mollified him somewhat, but he still felt that he must uphold the dignity of his office.”

  The Mutineers

• “Mrs. Fenton was still ungracious, but the sight of the little pile of gold and the chink of the coins mollified her humour.”

  Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'

• “(without trusting to the tedious and expensive assistance of the engraver); and the best friend to the people likewise, who have means of purchasing these cheap and beautiful productions, and thus having their ideas "mollified" and their manners "feros" no more.”

  The Paris Sketch Book

• “mollified" or broken up into small pieces by being burnt between layers of charcoal.”

  Highways and Byways in Surrey

• “The cast and alleged intellectual ambition of Appropriate Adult have not mollified Anne Marie Davis, a daughter of Fred West, whose mother Rena Costello, was one of his victims.”

  The Guardian: We shouldn't make entertainment out of others' tragedy | Catherine Bennett

• “Like the kid lifting one thing up off the floor of their room, hoping that the parents will be mollified and go do something else, McConnell is just testing the limits and pretending.”

  Matthew Yglesias » 27 Nominees Confirmed

• “He assumed they didn't like his coffee and was mollified only when the other customers convinced him that the offenders were probably out-of-towners.”

  A Conversation with Rabih Alameddine, author of The Hakawati

• “Eventually the old man allowed himself to be mollified.”

  USA Today: Libya's rebels learn to patrol loyalist territory

• “However, they are being mollified by plans which would give them more overall control of their budgets and internal appointments.”

  The Guardian: Liam Fox backs plan to cut swath through armed forces' top ranks

• “They keep retreating and the Republicans are never mollified.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Government for Sale

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