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Example sentences for: soften

How can you use “soften” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

' " Lord Rees-Mogg said that "[t]he precedents under American law are that Microsoft will not be allowed to expand, or even retain, its present degree of monopoly," and he suggests that Gates take a leaf out of the book of John D. Rockefeller who, in his later years, consulted a public-relations firm and "took to giving out dimes to children in the street in order to soften his image as a hard-hearted businessman."
In some cases the adjectives and nouns for ethnic groups are formally identical, as for example German, Swiss, or Russian . But to soften the ethnic term in such cases it can still be used adjectivally, as in the example already given or in: “A Russian guy once told me.
But the senators would soften the benefit cuts by offering workers a shot at higher private sector returns.
Distinguished three-story, late 18th-century houses line the square, and orange trees soften the edges, adding color and scent.
The NYT story stresses the inability of congressional Republicans to soften their image post-Newt Gingrich; the Post notes that Bush's policy positions are still solidly conservative, despite Bauer's and Forbes' assertions to the contrary; and the Journal calls Bush's Tuesday remarks his "Sister Souljah moment"--referring to candidate Clinton's successful 1992 strategy of distancing himself from his party's ideological base.