softness
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Colored-pencil illustrations evoke a faded softness, while comic-style panels zoom in, frame by frame, as different actions unfold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
In a securities filing, Hertz blamed “unexpected softness in the used car market” for driving up depreciation costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Kay: The softness in Henry was a function of Kit playing the character and us writing to that vulnerability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Ms. Jensen’s whole-wheat dough has added honey and olive oil for softness and to offset the flour’s slight bitterness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Sefia ran the feather across her cheek, feeling its softness.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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
She had been married late in the preceding season and had gone away with Mr Palliser, spending her honeymoon amidst the softnesses of some Italian lake.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony
‘How very poetical!’ she said, with a little choking laugh, unknown relentings, unfamiliar softnesses, moving within her.
From Prince Otto, a Romance by Stevenson, Robert Louis
“How very poetical!” she said, with a little choking laugh, unknown relentings, unfamiliar softnesses, moving within her.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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