Mollified
[mɔlə,faɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Mollify
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Examples
- Vell, that's wery true, Sammy,' replied Mr. Weller, mollified at once; 'but wot are you a-doin' on here? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- One of the men went back and mollified him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is not worth my while,' pursues Podsnap, becoming handsomely mollified, 'and it is the reverse of important to my position. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I was fortunately absent, and she was mollified somehow by my other assistants. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Lady Grizzel was won by her humility and was mollified towards the little woman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Then don't talk in that wrong manner, says Mr. Bucket, mollified again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Analytical Chemist goes to the door, confers angrily with unseen tapper, appears to become mollified by descrying reason in the tapping, and goes out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Although this invitation was accompanied with a curtsey that might have softened the heart of a church-warden, it by no means mollified the beadle. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mrs. Thornton was a little mollified. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Somewhat mollified by certain cups of very good coffee, he came out smiling and talking, in tolerably restored humor. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Look here, Riah,' said Fledgeby, mollified by these self-approving considerations. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- By so doing she mollified her accuser. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Totherest Governor,' replied Mr Riderhood, mollified and mysterious, 'I know wot it is to be loud, and I know wot it is to be soft. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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