Despite the proximity of the busy highway outside, traffic was an undisturbing background buzz, and we slept soundly on the soft queen-size bed.
Our "deluxe" room had a soft queen-size bed, a humming air-conditioner and a single window, which looked out over the town's intersection.
The almost-out-of-reach slot windows, exposed brickwork and scuffed metal door harked back to the building's former function; the thick carpet, comfortable armchair, tasteful photographs of local gargoyles and the soft queen-size bed, stacked high with cushions, were obviously more recent additions.
Sedgwick became, as Rolling Stone once put it, "the soft-spoken queen of the constructionists".
In the trial's long parade of fools, she was the soft-spoken Queen of Sorrows.
We will always have a soft spot for Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who abdicated in favor of her son on Tuesday (news article, May 1).
She is, you might say, the queen of soft money -- soft money being the large and unrestricted contributions that flow from the rich and powerful to the political parties, to be used for things like voter-registration drives and party advertising, much of this being barely disguised television spots for candidates.
Senator Abraham has taken to calling Ms. Stabenow "the queen of soft money".
Then a figure did appear that made her heart turn, and it took a while before Kitty realized that it was her own mother, sailing down from Fabrics and Soft Furnishings like a queen.
I've always had a soft spot for "Killer Queen".
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