Sentence examples similar to a softened blow from inspiring English sources

There is one more loophole, however, to help soften blow.

This doesn't mean harshly; there's a way to soften blows without delaying them if you strive to be empathic.

When the company was broken up in 1984, he negotiated a contract that softened the blow to workers by providing better severance payments and money for job retraining.

A surge in exports softened the blow: they rose by a quarter in the first half of 2012, to around 66m tonnes.

"I wouldn't serve it to him," Mr. Mitankin said with a smile that presumably softened the blow.

In a down market dividends act as a shock absorber, softening the blow from declining share prices.

This year, I am less ready for the change of season than ever before, but the show of plums has softened the blow a little.

The sub-community is thought to have added new restrictions on noise and pollution – along with a pledge not to allow a fourth runway – in a bid to soften the blow on those campaigning against the expansion of Heathrow.

But advocates of dredging said there were unmistakable signs that the administration was trying to find a way to soften the blow on an important corporate ally and also to signal to other companies that this would not be a precedent-setting decision that would force them as well into costly cleanups.

And that this was not going to be a major-revenue business, but having a bar would soften the blow".

It's a disruptive model but they found a way to soften the blow.