Example sentences for: softness

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

  • If you're cold-free, you almost certainly don't need the mattressy softness of an ultra brand (and you can't clean your spectacles with the aloed hankies).

  • The softness and hardness at issue here are not, of course, the words having literally to do with the physical properties of the same name, but rather the higher, metaphorical qualities associated with the words: that is, hard in the sense of "stern," "uncompromising," "grim," "tough," "realistic," "verifiable," or "physically palpable"; and soft in the sense of "moderate," "subjective," "subject to emotion," "simple," "idealistic," "weak," or "physically immaterial."

  • Autumn days are blinding in their goldenness, pretty girls suffocating in their softness, young executives crucifying in their crispness.

  • The sharpness of the message woven through the softness of the image recalls Carl Sandburg's description of someone as "a steel fist in a velvet glove."

  • The mainstream brands base their sales pitches on descriptors such as "gentle," "plush," and "cottony softness," but although names such as Cottonelle trade on the image of cotton, the products are wood-based, whereas one relative newcomer to the market is actually made from the fluffy plant.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast