Sentence examples for much softened from inspiring English sources

During the century these divisions have been much softened.

Just as important was the idea that Britain could become a nation of owners rather than just earners, meaning that the old conflict between capital and labour could be much softened and the so-called public ownership of enterprise could be replaced by genuine ownership by the public.

For Malcolm, on the other hand: "If anything could serve the cause of the people who inhabit [such institutions] it would be Arbus's pictures; only someone with a heart of stone or a mind much softened by cant could fail to be moved by them.

Our sharp edges haven't so much softened as become serrated, no single point capable of cutting skin.

You can mash in as much softened butter as you find conscionable (this is a good day for an artisanal butter, or at least Plugra).

If you have time, start the holes one day, fill them with water and come back to remove the much softened soil the next.

That the kids all make it out of the factory in the end doesn't much soften the fact that Wonka saw them go with no regret — indeed, with considerable glee.

Framing things in this way would pretty much soften many polemic claims sounding like 'for neo-Darwinism groups have no role in evolution'.

"What the market is generally worried about for the entire week is how much softening we are going to see in the days and weeks ahead".

Since he took the throne in 1999, the king, who is only 47, has done much to soften the harsh and often brutal rule of his father, Hassan II.

"It's definitely a must at every racetrack, because I think Nascar has the data to know how much it softens a particular blow.