softness
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"I don't know whether it's softened me, but it certainly made me more aware of my own innate softness."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Mahadevan sees additional opportunities for using multistability to create fabrics that combine softness, seamless construction and functionality.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
So I started playing: pumpkin purée for softness, cold coffee to deepen the cocoa, melted butter, two whole zucchini and a frankly generous amount of chocolate.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
They are compatibly beautiful; her softness brings out his, and she grounds him in a way that, say, Ann-Margret, Presley’s more aggressive co-star in “Viva Las Vegas,” did not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
His words are still sharp, but his eyes have a softness I haven’t seen since he sat helpless as a baby by Mama’s bedside.
From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
His touch was special, even in introductions and final flourishes; he built waves within his playing, revealing softnesses in his sound even while working intensely.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2013
The authors have not entirely evaded its treacherous softnesses.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ideas, the softnesses, the laws of the valleys were far away from them; they were face to face with realities.
From The Strength of the Pines by Edison Marshall
The circumstances being such as they were, there should be no family love, no fraternal sports, no softnesses, no mercy.
From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
"I shall be ready for him," said Lizzie, and as she spoke all her little feminine softnesses were for the moment laid aside.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
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