softness

But he does need to maintain that softness for El-Sayed.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

In its third-quarter earnings report in August, the company withdrew its full-year outlook due to “macroeconomic softness and the uncertainty around the company’s ability to continue to drive consumer behavior.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Whatever the case, the softness in hiring is glaringly evident in the slowdown in wage growth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

“Given the overall softness of the labour market, the likelihood of two Fed hikes is going lower,” he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

That false softness had left his voice and he sounded normal again, bracing and sonorous.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

My good reverts to ill; My calmnesses would move thee, My softnesses would prick thee, My bindings up would break thee, My crownings curse and kill.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

A man may maunder away his mind in softnesses till he ain't worth nothing, and don't do no good to no one.

From An Old Man's Love 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