Sentence examples for smooth over opposition from inspiring English sources

That helped smooth over opposition to new stores in some cities.

MOSCOW — The Russian Parliament is expected Friday to reverse its longstanding opposition to reforms in the European Court of Human Rights, as part of a new push to smooth over differences with the country's European partners.

Jacob Lateiner's reading rather tended to smooth over these differences.

So every effort is made to smooth over any tension.

Jinping's Mexican visit was intended to smooth over relations.

Press down and smooth over until the three circles join.

But even when opposition is overcome or smoothed over, the approval process has moved slowly -- too slowly, says Carol E. Murphy, a spokeswoman for the New York Independent Service Operator, which runs the state's electric grid.

As developers smoothed over JavaScript, Web 2.0.

Ruffled feelings were smoothed over later.

The tensions were smoothed over between men.

Success has a way of smoothing over differences.