softening

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• Sure, you would be offering them some comforting words to soften the impact created by the error.

• Warming temperatures also soften the ice itself, so that it slides more quickly toward the sea.

• The puff portion refers to softened crude, thin as heated maple syrup, rising up through production wells.

• Many of those organizations pursued ad opportunities on social networks like Twitter to soften the loss of match-day revenue.

• As a result, some schools have worked to soften the blow by skipping scheduled tuition hikes or even cutting the costs.

• Cover with plastic wrap and allow the dates to soften, about 15 minutes.

• But now, facing a tough re-election, Walker is trying to soften his rhetoric.

• Russia did not only rely on Ketchum to soften its image in the West.

• Indeed, after the end of a relationships, there are many reasons to turn to sex to soften the blow.

• There are hints that a behind-the-scenes strategy to soften the blame put on the Portuguese is already underway.

• A trace of light had begun to soften the sky over the dome, but had not yet seeped down to ground level.

• The old woman meanwhile tried to soften the obdurate wall with melted butter and new milk—but in vain.

• He had tried to soften his reply, but not being politic or tactful had succeeded only in expressing himself more brusquely.

• The rapidity of their decomposition is such, that when spread on the land they are seen to soften and disappear in a short time.

• Madame Malmaison knew it also, but the hard look on her greedy face did not soften.