soften

Example Sentences

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It softens the harsher edges of coffee and bittersweet chocolate, adding warmth without sweetness.

From Salon

‘You girls,’ he said, but his voice had softened.

From Literature

“The urgency is clear: fixed‑asset investment contracted in 2025 for the first time in more than three decades, while household spending softened as effect of earlier subsidies faded.”

From Barron's

It would put more financial strain on those households and lead to some softening in consumer spending.

From MarketWatch

The simple, stovetop kind: winter onions, softening in butter; carrots — either sweet from cold storage or newly pulled and still a little tender — sliced into coins.

From Salon