Sentence examples for later softened that from inspiring English sources

He later softened that position.

"Nobody's going to stop this," he added, although he later softened that remark.

But Mary Martha Sherwood could hardly have sympathized with Rousseau's notion of the natural innocence of children; the author of The History of the Fairchild Family (1818 47) based her family chronicle on the proposition (which she later softened) that "all children are by nature evil".

But in a statement released later, he softened that claim, saying he did not intend to accuse the division of leaking but simply meant to note "the serious complications facing the department in investigating these matters".

Has time softened that disillusionment?

He softened that stand on Wednesday.

(UNICEF/Uganda, 1988: 32) (This language was later softened to state that one "can still get AIDS even if a condom is used").

But that language — opposed by the teachers unions — was later softened to require only that teachers be measured on how well they use student performance data to shape instruction.

Ivana later softened her claims, saying that she "felt violated" as the love and tenderness she was accustomed to from her husband was absent that night, but she was not accusing him of a crime.

Mr Rogozin later softened Moscow's stance slightly, saying that the Russians understood that the ISS was "fragile in the literal and figurative sense", and that it would "act very pragmatically and not put obstacles in the way of work on the ISS".

The Economist's Gady Epstein said that Mr. Yang later softened his town in a later post, suggesting "we must guard against xenophobia".