Sentence examples for only soften from inspiring English sources

Time can only soften the ache, but never heal it.

That'll only soften it up, so when you bring it outside, it could die off.

Pre-empting their actions will not only soften the regulatory blow but serve the secondary purpose of rebuilding corporate integrity".

Even a substantial increase in its state income tax — already much higher than in Illinois — would only soften the harshest blows.

Osborne can only soften that unprecedented squeeze on departmental spending through £13bn of welfare cuts that he has yet to identify or extra revenue from tax evasion.

Many people worry that adding a country with such a vastly different cultural and economic heritage like Turkey's to the mix would only soften that focus further.

Farah's aggressively feminist tone only softens when Cambara discovers a handful of decent men, characters from "Links".

This "hard sauce" is aptly named, the butter and sugar only softening when they meet the hot Christmas pudding.

She grew up to be a charismatic but brittle woman; she was a tyrannical mother and only softened as a grandmother in late old age.

It only softens up again with prolonged cooking at low temperatures, which breaks down the collagen and gives the succulent, soft texture common to stews and braised dishes.

Having moved away from the books, the writers and producers have not only softened some of Wallander's rough edges but also toned down the grisliness of the novels, with their battered elderly farmers and self-immolating teenage girls.