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    Use "soften" in a sentence

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    1. “That fall would have hurt a lot more if you weren’t there to soften the impact


    2. They help to soften the soil and allow deeper root systems


    3. She was restoring everything of his to how it had been in 2278, hoping that would soften the blow of waking up as a clone in the ruins of Biology Base


    4. She joined him in a hearty breakfast, trying to figure a way to soften the situation


    5. I stared straight ahead of me, screwing my eyes tightly shut, as if this would soften the blow


    6. "Where is Alan?" he meant to soften it a little but mishandled the controls and only changed his accent a little


    7. Understanding his frustration, I put my arms around him, resting my head on his shoulder and gradually I feel the rigidity of his body soften; his arms go around me


    8. Whenever she could she tried to soften her mother’s blows and


    9. “Yeah, it’s already starting to soften


    10. The marble seemed to soften in his

    11. ” She seemed to be trying to soften her sharpness with Kartha


    12. The Nord’s voice continued to soften and trail off


    13. government of Spain has, upon many occasions, been obliged to recall or soften the orders which had been given for the government of her colonies, for fear of a general insurrection


    14. I of course had no tea so U poured some water into my mug and left the bloody dog biscuit to soak praying that it would soften the damn thing up before I tried to eat it


    15. By the other part, music, it was proposed, at least by the philosophers and historians, who have given us an account of those institutions, to humanize the mind, to soften the temper, and to dispose it for performing all the social and moral duties of public and private life


    16. To attempt to terrify them, serves only to irritate their bad humour, and to confirm them in an opposition, which more gentle usage, perhaps, might easily induce them either to soften, or to lay aside altogether


    17. It did not soften or bend in the summer heat


    18. ' He smiled to soften what he was about to say


    19. Having grown too comfortable, perhaps, many oftentimes acquire a taste for easy living, maintaining the status quo and aversion for confrontations; choosing to appease or soften criticisms both foreign and domestic, rather than standing on its traditional principles


    20. Polite conversations, in whatever manner subject to opposing viewpoints, should never soften its principle assumptions that otherwise provide sustenance and meaning to one‘s convictions; that is to say, that lays the moral and intellectual foundation(s) that (otherwise) strengthen an opinion

    21. Sprinkle the chocolate over the top, and let it set for a minute or two to soften


    22. If the candy cools too quickly, set it on a saucepan over hot water to soften it, but if it gets sticky, return at once to the work counter


    23. As for my endeavor in this matter, I tried to soften the misunderstandings by informing the people involved that, for me, neither the “surprise” nor the particulars surrounding it count as much as the “honor” that the homage brings with it


    24. Ideally, Kennedy would soften the harshness of Communist control of all of Vietnam by evacuating all US allies


    25. It is all very well not wishing your life away, Johnson reflected, but only a distance of days will soften the impact of such suffering


    26. Keinalone saw his expression soften even further as his face reddened


    27. She whispered almost inaudibly, “Non,” and her brow furrowed as she seemed to soften up, giving in to a feeling she could not contain


    28. “Uriah! Go, now!” The shout rings with nothing on the street to soften the sound of it


    29. Angela’s hard, bright eyes soften a little


    30. Let your chest and heart soften and relax

    31. 1 But when Adam saw that the elder brother hated the younger, he endeavoured to soften their hearts, and said to Cain, "Take, O my son, of the fruits of your sowing, and make an offering to God, that He may forgive you your wickedness and your sin


    32. Or of “abusing” them as the common exculpatory term is used to soften hard reality


    33. I felt my resolve soften against my sibling, could it be that he was simply misunderstood? As I saw his face harden, it dawned on me that pigs would fly first


    34. To soften with grace the accented pain


    35. Poetry that softly moves my being, what muse can soften me more still?


    36. His eyes soften, but he stares at me with a slight frown


    37. 1 But when Adam saw that the elder brother hated the younger he endeavoured to soften their hearts and said to Cain "Take O my son of the fruits of your sowing and make an offering to God that He may forgive you your wickedness and your sin


    38. will soften the crust


    39. “You soften the fact


    40. When he finally gazes round the small bed-area he sleeps in, he sees not only the dark stone walls, the tapestries his sister has made to soften the room’s harshness and the beaker of water beside him

    41. ” His voice seemed to soften at the admission or was it just the increasing the distance?


    42. Meier's arms stayed crossed but his resolve seemed to soften


    43. I was the only one who laughed, so I tried to soften their scowls by


    44. even then, the ad agency would soften that possible side effect up


    45. Lydia and Paul could see this strictly-business-man was beginning to soften


    46. Later, in the stable, the breath of the animals lent a sweet grassy smell that helped soften the odor of waste


    47. As they touched and looked, opinions and ideas and beliefs that had seemed immutable began to soften


    48. The iron was red-hot and Jai sensed in another moment it would soften so much that he might as well wield a strand of seaweed


    49. And do you think you could soften up a bit? I reckon you‘re deliberately swelling larger than ever just to test my resolve


    50. This seemed to soften his mood a bit, and












































    1. My own boots – softened so that I may wear them without getting blisters straight away – plus an old pair of Gilla’s will have to suffice in the footware stakes


    2. ' Her voice softened to slow, easy phrases, 'Close your eyes and take several slow, deep breaths


    3. Their mother's wore black headscarves patterned with embroidered flowers of red and yellow and wore black boleros, white blouses and aprons, all finely embroidered; and walked in boots of softened leather


    4. Suddenly his features softened and he took the


    5. The woman fixed him with a piercing glance, softened by a wry


    6. ” She had softened him as much as he had released her


    7. The words were strong, but his touch softened


    8. Then he softened, put his arm around Harry's shoulders and directed him to walk a little more with him


    9. The bass notes softened, became calm water reflecting the sky of birds, and the yandrille became a ship floating lightly on it


    10. She almost slammed the door on him but softened a little when she saw him

    11. His tone softened and drifted with each word, signaling a similarly drifting mind


    12. “Yes, Mitzka has softened the old brute’s heart,” she added as an afterthought


    13. “Are you sure about this? Is this what you truly want?” Crissy’s face softened as she decided to give her some slack


    14. Her face softened and she placed her arm around Rachel’s shoulders


    15. Those lessons had another benefit: Isin softened even more her otherwise taciturn aspect amongst the others


    16. The Elf scowled at her, “I really hoped you could keep your shirt on;” then she softened


    17. Like that of Carius, Penelope’s voice softened considerably with the depth of reflection


    18. The rigour of this law was afterwards softened by several subsequent statutes, which successvely permitted the engrossing of corn when the price of wheat should not exceed 20s


    19. There was a haze lingering about as well, one that softened the rich colors of the Rift’s foliage normally brown and striking green - but she paid it no mind


    20. They had the consistency of iron and I knew many a person who had chipped a tooth or teeth trying to bite into them the best way to eat them without suffering damage to the teeth was to soak them in tea which softened them before you bit into one

    21. I grabbed the dog biscuit from my mug and it had softened to the same consistency as a normal biscuit I dipped it into the melted jam and I must admit it didn’t taste half bad


    22. He softened immediately at the heartbreak on her face when he realized she had heard everything Rogan had said


    23. too large, but this one was absolutely the right shape to go with the rest of her face, especially her eyes, her blue-grey eyes, hard on the surface but now somehow softened beneath by her lack


    24. ” Her face softened


    25. She was determined to maintain her distance, to remain stoic, but when she saw the hurt in his face, her own brow softened


    26. That story got some appreciative laughs, and softened them up


    27. The dark gaze softened and a smile played at the corners of his mouth


    28. His gaze softened and he watched her reflectively


    29. He knew that if he softened up the


    30. No hint of beard stubble softened the hard angles of his jaw

    31. It was a memorable service, and as the strain “Praise God from whom all blessings flow” rose through the trees from voices softened by the gratitude and emotion of men brought by the scenes of war to a nearer realisation of mortality, many a sick American boy sobbed aloud, as his thoughts reverted to the distant home where prayers were rising for the loved one in the field


    32. His political ambitions softened by age, Nixon‘s geopolitical literary output subsequently earned him international acclaim and the grudging respect from his political enemies, many of whom he oftentimes consulted with on Foreign Affairs in his later years


    33. As the clever poets said; “Distance makes the heart stronger!” I saw tough men wipe tears over a letter when it did not arrive or how their faces and attitude softened when the letter arrived


    34. Reese’s eyes held hers, and the anger softened as he took in her distraught state


    35. Her parents had softened after the initial shock and that was a blessing on its own


    36. Kay brought her hand up to run through his hair, and her voice softened


    37. Minister Wade delivered a sermon that would have softened any heart that held a burden or was hardened


    38. Clinton was/is a closet Marxist as some on the Hard Right would have us believe, although, as a child of the sixties, he may very well have favored a softened version consistent with ―third way‖ ideas


    39. The next morning Fela felt better, the fever had broken and her breasts softened


    40. His face softened a little, and for a moment, she thought he might be about to touch her cheek

    41. The comfort she felt in his embrace lowered her eyelids and softened her breathing


    42. I sat there wondering if it was the prospect of Mia"s tears that had softened the old curmudgeon finally or if maybe there was something else


    43. The nurse, possibly sensing that she had been too abrupt with me, softened and told me to come with her to the nursing station


    44. Her face softened and the edges of her lips fell flat


    45. You might inquire, that voice again spoke to her mind, but now in a softened tone of reassurance, as to who it was that might have sent him


    46. The vision of water softened


    47. Then the blooms and ferns were spent; the kindly trees softened the approaches to the stone with fragrant, yielding golden-brown leaves on the ground


    48. When I could focus again, the rigid lines of her face had softened


    49. But this left the chains softened by the heat, and she broke the


    50. With eyes softened by







































    1. against the faintest murmur of a grey-purple softening in the counter glow outside


    2. I steeled myself against the softening that Ash invoked in me and refused to give in


    3. ” The Nord absently fidgeted with the bottle as he stared upward, his voice softening


    4. While I waited for the softening up process I delved inside my pack again and pulled out a tin of bully beef and a tin of Ticklers jam these were our dry rations


    5. Carter looked at them with his irritation softening


    6. ‘Don’t go, stay, have some coffee, the water has just boiled,’ she said, her voice softening, almost pleading


    7. Once again, clouds of steam rolling from the shower invited visions of skin pampered with herbal body wash, a sudsy shampoo and a wonderfully softening application of conditioner when that dream was shattered by the telephone


    8. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crime at its full severity


    9. The snow along the shore was softening, but no ground was yet visible


    10. He noted a mild softening of the darkness and thought, Over where the eastern horizon should be

    11. Now, softening his gaze, Moshe again spoke to the captain


    12. asked, this time softening his tone lest he push the Texan


    13. He noted a mild softening of the darkness and thought, Over where the eastern horizon should


    14. When Simon finished, it seemed as if all of him was light, and the glow from his body was shining outwards, softening the blankness around him and the crisp whiteness of the raven


    15. He smiled, his grey eyes softening


    16. After a quick lunch he started in on the storm windows, removing cracked panes, prying out the glazing points, softening old putty with a heat gun while chipping away


    17. ‘Edgar, you are becoming metaphysical, and that’s as bad as softening of the brain,’ said Angus


    18. She could not hold his gaze and looked away as she replied, “Oh, spend more time in London, I don’t know…” Then softening she said, “We’re not going to fall out are we? Not tonight


    19. h4HANK YOU SO MUCHv *ANE SAID SOFTENING HER TONE h9OURE SO GREAT ) GUESS THATS WHY


    20. WHICH WAS NOT GOOD AT ALLv -ARK REPLIED SOFTENING HIS VOICE

    21. h!ND YOU KNOW WHATv HE CONTINUED SOFTENING HIS VOICE hAS ) TOOK CONTROL OVER MY


    22. ' She could tell he was softening up


    23. 8 This supper, with its tender episodes and softening touches, was Jesus' last appeal to the deserting Judas, but it was of no avail


    24. � Natalie says softening the hard words with a smile


    25. “Maybe,” he said, his tone softening


    26. carpets were softening the steps


    27. Softening eyes are subconscious female moves


    28. Release both legs, softening the groins, and see that the legs are angled


    29. Nancy stared down at him, her face softening a bit now


    30. Farah, like Mike, surveyed quickly the twelve children from the ECLIPSE, her expression softening gradually as she could see the fearful and disturbed expressions on their young faces

    31. softening as they listened


    32. down towards the farm, a pretty smile emerging and softening her taut face


    33. A transient peace had settled across the room, softening the lines of anxiety


    34. ‘’I see!’’ Said Vandenberg, his tone visibly softening


    35. but visual y softening as his eyes locked with hers


    36. after such softening, that tool will be done and will need to be replaced


    37. Yet one may wonder, if not for this Sufi softening of the Islamic rigidity, how many outcastes, in spite of their ill-treatment by the caste Hindus, would have embraced Islam in the first place? Long live sanatana dharma sans swadharma


    38. Andrew continued, voice softening, “I mean, it’s not what you think


    39. looked at Henry, her expression softening as she caressed his hair


    40. Release both legs, softening the groins, and see that the legs are angled evenly

    41. “Do it,” he said, his eyes softening for a brief moment as he stared at my hand holding the knife


    42. “It makes no difference to me, either,” he said, his tone softening


    43. The vigorous action stimulates the blood flow to the skin and this is as important as the softening qualities of the cream itself


    44. They were not even linen,--how could they be for Fritzing's three hundred marks? And their newness had not yet been exposed to the softening influence of any wash-tub


    45. Silas chewed a wad of paper, a technique he learned off a traveling chimney swift, softening it into a mushy pulp, spitting it out, mashing it over the floor of the nest


    46. softening the command and increasing the listeners responsiveness and


    47. These past few months he's been blaming his softening on The Return of Eugene


    48. When your experience is bringing you more truth, there is a sense of opening, softening, relaxation, expansion, fulfillment, and satisfaction in the Heart


    49. So this opening, softening, and expansion is actually happening everywhere; we just sense it most clearly and directly in the center of the chest


    50. Clumps of gray slush fell off, speckled with crystals of rapidly softening ice











































    1. the sigh that softens stone and heart,


    2. We stare at each other like a couple of cats for several minutes, then his expression softens


    3. Anything that breaks the harsh aroma of the institution, that softens the lines in this house of pain, is a welcome distraction to the morbidity of their own skin


    4. His glare softens slightly when he sees her laugh


    5. Suffering (oftentimes) defines or softens the heart of an individual by making that individual (more) receptive to of other individuals who are suffering or who have suffered in some manner


    6. Tooth decay is a disease process which softens and destroys the hard tissues of the tooth


    7. But her face softens, and she touches Marcus’s arm again, this time with a light caress


    8. It softens her square jaw


    9. ” His voice softens


    10. ” His voice softens when he talks about her—he is no longer the toughened leader of this compound, but an old man, reflecting on some fonder past

    11. His face softens up as he stares at our hands


    12. The public perception of natural phenomena softens into acceptance of whatever theory, whatever “what if” alarm is sounded to warn of the newest imaginary catastrophe


    13. ” Justice Stevens softens his citation by insisting that citing foreign opinion does not necessarily mean taking it as guiding precedent


    14. When the rifle heats up the bullet, it softens it and it leaves the red


    15. It sort of works; your mood softens


    16. As the cucumber freezes and softens in the freezer (which is why I put it in a Ziploc baggie, who wants to clean cucumber guts from inside their freezer?) your man will not be able to perform until you remove the cucumber and bury


    17. softens with its sooty folds


    18. The warmth of his body helps as it softens the plastic sacking; the chord that Dippa used first was badly tied and loosens along with the plastic


    19. grace, touches, softens, inclines, and causes the wills of spiritually


    20. Trading softens the impact of this "trader's tuition," detailing a comprehensive

    21. Bernard softens his pitch


    22. A little heat is good, as it softens


    23. A lot of heat is bad, as it softens the


    24. The problem with heat is that it softens your tool's cutting edges


    25. bowel, softens the stool for easier elimination, and by absorbing water it may help to dilute the effects of bowel


    26. This ritual has got a mystical beauty to it, which softens the burden of the early rising


    27. If I'm preaching on tithing, and you're a tither, then it's good ground; but if you're against tithing, then it's going to be hard ground, until God softens your heart about that


    28. Finally Penelope softens, she starts to cry and, throwing her arms around his neck, she tenderly kisses him


    29. thus reducing it’s melting point and softens a bit thereby accommodating


    30. being told to do something (or at least softens it), which usually occurs when

    31. In a profound experience of truth, the sense of me softens and expands to such a degree that there’s only a slight sense of me as a separate self remaining, perhaps just as the observer of the vastness of truth


    32. When you encounter truth, the sense of your self opens, expands, softens, fills in, and lets go


    33. In a profound experience of truth, the sense of me softens and expands to such a degree that there is only a slight sense of me as a separate self remaining, perhaps just as the observer of the vastness of truth


    34. She sees me and something in her eyes changes, softens


    35. In simple terms, HYDRATION COMPLEX breaks down, softens and loosens the dry, hard stools that are causing you pain


    36. Stratler pauses for a moment, and softens his tone in his voice, once he realizes that his threatening tone isn’t getting him anywhere


    37. The house was all in confusion; but still the niece ate and the housekeeper drank and Sancho Panza enjoyed himself; for inheriting property wipes out or softens down in the heir the feeling of grief the dead man might be expected to leave behind him


    38. His hand swoops up and grabs mine, but he softens the blow by pulling it to his mouth and sweetly kissing my knuckles


    39. At any rate, whoever is bringing this hellfire out into the street must be transfixed by the weird missile of the shopping cart, or the weirder duo trailing along behind, because just as another collision becomes inevitable, the noise softens, the flames draw apart, and Mercer and Jenny and the body before them are allowed, untouched, to pass


    40. AFTER OUR DEBAUCH, WE four peculiar Lovers loll’d at our Ease drinking Sack and Claret, sleeping for sev’ral Hours entwin’d in each other’s Arms, then waking to talk quietly amongst ourselves; for oft’ ’tis true, that shar’d Pleasure softens the Aversions we may have felt before and brings ill-mated Rogues into the Orbit of Friendship

    41. Without her, without her gentle word it would be hell among us! She softens even Varvara


    42. And what is it that civilization softens in us? The only gain of civilization for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations—and absolutely nothing more


    43. 7) There is nothing that softens the heart so much as the consciousness of one’s guilt, and nothing hardens it so much as the consciousness of one’s right


    44. Power selects and attracts the worst elements of society, transforms them, improves and softens them, and returns them to society


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    Synonyms for "soften"

    soften break damp dampen weaken mince moderate buffer cushion relent yield alleviate mitigate mollify assuage allay abate lessen dissolve disintegrate thaw still bend give sodden mash mead

    "soften" definitions

    make (images or sounds) soft or softer


    lessen in force or effect


    give in, as to influence or pressure


    protect from impact


    make less severe or harsh


    make soft or softer


    become soft or softer