soft touch
Example Sentences
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As a writer, Hughes was gifted with a heavy hand and a soft touch.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
In a nation of noisy confrontationalists—the skillful soft touch replaced by the swing of a folding chair—reason is routinely drowned out by the loudest voices in the room.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Scotland's soft touch beginning had been cast to the winds.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
They didn’t intend to subsidize the state’s soft touch.
From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025
The soft touch of a gentle paw on his back caused him to look around.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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