This is very important, as it provides cushion every time you step, softening impact and reducing stress on the heels, thereby leaving your feet less tired at the end of the day.
Safety features had been put in place, like the squares of rubber that every modern playground was paved with, to soften impacts".
Salt is added to enemas that are designed to soften impacted stools rather than trigger the bowel to expel them.
The shrub softened the impact of his fall; he did not break a single bone.
Politics did not cause the earthquake, but political will might have softened the impact.
In Ennerdale forest, the commission has softened the impact of commercial forestry.
With or without Lowell, Teixeira's presence in Boston's lineup would have softened the impact of Ortiz's wretched drought.
But the commission evidently did not object to accounting arrangements that softened the impact on earnings after Aetna bought Prudential Healthcare last summer.
The weight of the evidence suggests that fiscal policy softened the impact of the recession, boosting demand, creating jobs, and helping the economy start growing again.
It is also because governments have softened the impact of price rises on domestic markets, muffling the signals that would otherwise have encouraged farmers to grow more food.
Ms. Sadik-Khan said the crew had had time to lower the ramps used by passengers to debark, which apparently softened the impact.
