Mollify

Largely because of the closeness of the elections as declared by INEC and the irregularities observed by several election monitors and media houses, I thought there would be a deliberate effort to mollify the petitioners by making the judgment seem close.

The staff member apologised quickly – so quickly that I realised this is their policy to mollify abusive customers.

And he needs to mollify far-right members of his own fragile coalition, who could withdraw from the government, resulting in his possible ouster, if he accedes to too many international demands.

Even a phased, geographically targeted plan may not mollify them.

Friend and foe alike are left puzzled over what President Trump aimed to achieve by killing a top Iranian general, what he might do next or how Tehran could mollify him.

Hoping to mollify him after denying a poll ticket, in 2019, the BJP fielded his daughter Rohini Khadse-Khevalkar, but she lost the polls, after which his (Khadse's) supporters charged Fadnavis with engineering her debacle.

If both Iran and the United States refuse to recognize an independent Kurdistan and attach strict conditions to aid to Iraq and the KRG specifically, it should mollify Turkey’s fears.

The statues served a dual-purpose; intimidate African Americans, mollify poor, uneducated whites, helping the "landed gentry" maintain the oppressive status quo.

She attempted to mollify Gibraltarians, saying that “we will always stand by you.

Business groups have welcomed reform pledges but complain Beijing is moving too slowly, making it unclear whether additional promises will mollify Washington, the European Union and other trading partners.

Srinagar: The attempts of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to mollify disgruntled Lok Sabha member of the party Muzaffar Hussain Baig bore fruit on Monday as the two leaders jointly chaired a meeting of the party here.

Ellmann (1988:402) Queensberry, who feuded regularly with his son, confronted Wilde and Lord Alfred about the nature of their relationship several times, but Wilde was able to mollify him.

Eugene Black, with the assistance of President Johnson was finally able to mollify President Marcos with the promise to locate the ADB in Manila.

He was renamed Heracles in an unsuccessful attempt to mollify Hera.

Rather than offend Attalus, Philip tried to mollify Pausanias by elevating him within the bodyguard.

The United Kingdom, France, and Austria united in proposing amendments to mollify the Sultan, but the court of St. Petersburg ignored their suggestions.

This was to mollify the concerns of Catholic members and the bishops who wanted to avoid any resemblance to freemasonry.

While pocketing a little extra cash, Hudson was also able to mollify his family's fears that his education had gone to waste.