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How to use the word softens in a Sentence?

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Forgiveness, an art, both gentle and strong, A melody that mends what went wrong, It softens the edges of a wounded soul, And mends the fragments that once took their toll.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
1 year ago

If [moderating inflation] holds up and the labor market softens but doesn’t take a very negative turn, then I think consensus is with us, i think the question is what happens if the labor market starts to turn quickly?

Ellen Meade

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It softens their image ; it broadens their appeal, they help create an atmosphere of the White House as a family, a lived-in place and not just a stiff museum, but a place where a family lives and plays and enjoys each other's company.

Ed Lengel

Found on CNN
3 years ago

She softens his image.

Michael Madden

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

There’s no question she softens a candidate whose main obstacle to the Republican nomination may be tone and personality.

Sara Fagen

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Cooking any vegetable softens the fiber and shrinks the portion as some of the water cooks out, so it takes up less space in the GI tract.

Cynthia Sass

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.

Charles Dickens

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Love softens the hardest edges of life's tumult.

Bryant McGill

added by anonymous
12 years ago

One of the most effectual ways of pleasing and of making one's self loved is to be cheerful joy softens more hearts than tears do.

Mme. de Sartory

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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