In theory, the blow of higher rates can be softened by letting currencies fall.
The zero increases could be softened by a one-time bonus payment.
Bread that has undergone texture staling can be softened by heating to about 60 65 °C (140 150 °F).
As the mineral quartz, the compound may be softened by heating and shaped into glassware.
The softening of property rights constraints proves from another aspect that constraint relations could be softened by resorting to a certain mechanism of the community.
Dislodged nodules caused by intramuscular implantation may be softened by intralesional corticosteroid injections or, if palpable intraorally, may be excised.
(The burden of taxation is softened by a $92,900 exclusion that allows many expatriates to avoid any U.S. liability).
The blow has at least been softened by the news that the energetic Chudley will be available, having avoided any punishment for inadvertently kicking Launchbury as the England forward lay on the ground.
The farce is softened by sentiment.
All grudges are softened by the approach of dinner.
