Sentence examples for barely softened from inspiring English sources

Eleanor's anger barely softened.

Add the onion and cook for about 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until barely softened.

Since the January meeting the economic environment has deteriorated and financial stress has barely softened".

The picture was barely softened by General Guillermo Garín, once a spokesman for Augusto Pinochet, Chile's military dictator in the 1980s.

It has not transpired recently, when the payments – £48m over four years – have barely softened the landing at the lower level.

The positions of national security hawks like McConnell and civil libertarians like Paul have barely softened, while the House-passed, White House-supported compromise measure was unable to gain the 60 votes necessary to proceed.

A $900 federal alternative fuel tax credit barely softens the blow.

Nombe took over the lease from a taqueria, barely softening the starkly white room with paper lanterns.

The extra-thin pasta was barely cooked when served, but softened sufficiently in the warm sauce.

We met a few days later, and he was barely calmer, although self-awareness softened the effect.

Mr. Yazdi has white hair now, a white beard, and a face softened by time, barely resembling the tight, stern young man who strode beside Ayatollah Khomeini in the early days of the revolution.