Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Although Sugriva tried to mollify Vali, the huge monkey was too angry to listen to the younger brother.  

Mahabharata:  Duryodhana told his father that any attempt to mollify the Pandavas was not likely to work; the insult to Draupadi would be unbearable for them.

Bhagavad-gita:  When the mind gets agitated, we need to mollify it — not by doing what it tells us to do, but by showing it another less-agitating perspective of the situation.