Sentence examples for ability to soften from inspiring English sources

Analysts said that Mr. Bush's ability to soften his conservative edges could be decisive, and Mr. Bush seems to have taken that into account.

Most Republicans say they are delighted they have a nominee with some of Mr. Clinton's political skills and an ability to soften their party's image.

Right then and there, Obama would have done well to ponder his ability to soften the Republican Party's opposition to overhauling either the economy or health care.

But Americans should have more confidence in their melting pot and its ability to soften once sharp distinctions between immigrant groups.

Skyscrapers like 1 Wall Street and 140 West Street, she writes, "highlight Walker's dramatic sense of the scale of architecture and his ability to soften its hard edges with beautifully rendered ornament".

The agglomerating character of a coal refers to its ability to soften and swell when heated and to form cokelike masses that are used in the manufacture of steel.

The ability of SA to soften and exfoliate the stratum corneum was discovered in the 1860s.

The ability of fruit to soften in the presence or absence of ethylene increased with advancing harvest maturity (Fig.  2).

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives, by a vote of 419 to 3, passed legislation to tighten U.S. sanctions on Russia, as well as Iran and North Korea, and to constrain the ability of the president to soften or waive them.

Follow Mike Pearl on Thatter.

And the row in Brussels has weakened Britain's ability to negotiate over the details of the new rules to soften their impact.