soften

Example Sentences

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They expect those to be one-time effects, particularly because housing and labor costs have continued to soften.

From The Wall Street Journal

But her eyes soften, and she smiles kindly.

From Literature

While Congress and state legislatures have passed reform to soften criminal sentencing laws, immigration detention remains, technically, a civil jurisdiction and outside their scope.

From Salon

Her disability never softened her personality, it sharpened it.

From BBC

About waiting for the sharp bite of winter to soften into spring.

From Literature