go soft
Example Sentences
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Bananas are often left to languish in tote bags; berries go soft in their cartons.
From Salon • May 6, 2025
Hydrogenation helps make shortening ideal for incorporating at room temperature, since it won’t go soft as quickly, McGee says.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2022
But Krantz’s mother, a lawyer for Legal Aid who was always dressed to the nines, did not want Judith and her siblings to go soft in their life of privilege.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2019
It also refuses to go soft on any of its characters, many of whom are interviewed by Goffard and readily describe their own blindness, cowardice and seemingly inexplicable actions.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018
But her eyes didn’t go soft or anything like she understood the heavy sack of sorrows I was carrying around.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
