SOFTEN in a Sentence
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125 example sentences for SOFTEN, such as:
1. Linseed oil will soften stiff leather.
2. Sorrow and trouble either soften the heart or harden it.
3. If they'd treated you well it was just to soften you up.
4. Air bags are designed to soften the impact of a car crash.
5. Air bags are designed to soften the impact for crash victims.
2. Sorrow and trouble either soften the heart or harden it.
3. If they'd treated you well it was just to soften you up.
4. Air bags are designed to soften the impact of a car crash.
5. Air bags are designed to soften the impact for crash victims.
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Meanings and Examples of SOFTEN
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soften
v. make less severe or harsh
v. become soft or softer
Classic Sentence: (114 in 8 pages)
1 He had abundantly earned the privilege of intimate discussion of her sister's disappointment, by the friendly zeal with which he had endeavoured to soften it, and they always conversed with confidence.
2 The matter itself I could not deny, and vain was every endeavour to soften it.
3 "If there is bad blood between you and them," said I, to soften it off a little.
4 Vronsky saw all the thanklessness of the business, and that there could be no question of a duel in it, that everything must be done to soften the government clerk, and hush the matter up.
5 He heard her, unconsciously bending his whole figure down to her as though hoping in this way to soften the hardness of her position for her.
6 But he talked to them, simply trying to reconcile and soften their differences.
7 Besides, he was a living reminder of the worst mistake in her career, and the fact that he had been its cause did not soften her feelings toward him.
8 Rosedale in the paternal role was hardly a figure to soften Lily; yet she could not but notice a quality of homely goodness in his advances to the child.
9 But that did in nowise mend the matter, or at all soften the hard heart of the learned gentleman with the copy of Blackstone.
10 He prayed that if any man there had been remiss toward the stranger come to a far country, God would forgive him and soften his heart.
11 He was without arms, and his paint tended rather to soften than increase the natural sternness of his austere countenance.
12 Nothing less than the first was required to soften the second.
13 What is needed is a little anvil two inches square, and a lamp burning spirits of wine to soften the wax.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUC...
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUC...
14 It appeared to her that the sounds spread to a distance beneath the vaulted roofs, and carried with them a magic charm to soften the hearts of her jailers.
15 She began to soften; she felt sorry.
Example Sentence:
1 Sorrow and trouble either soften the heart or harden it.
2 Air bags are designed to soften the impact for crash victims.
3 Air bags are designed to soften the impact of a car crash.
4 There were also pledges to soften the impact of the subsidy cuts on the poorer regions.
5 If they'd treated you well it was just to soften you up.
6 Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.
7 Linseed oil will soften stiff leather.
8 Idle such as vinegar, can soften the spirit of the calcareous; diligent like alcohol, can burn the flame of wisdom.
9 And then she would pout like a disappointed child; a pensive cloud would soften her radiant vivacity; she would withdraw her hand hastily from his, and turn in transient petulance from his aspect, at once so heroic and so martyr-like.
10 The impact of the tax was softened by large tax-free allowances.
11 And so, under pretence of softening the previous outrage, of stroking and soothing me into placidity, you stick a sly penknife under my ear!