In "The Blindness of the Heart," Julia Franck gradually brings forward that softening light, which only the span of decades could restore to strength.
Gloomy stuff, but he's followed by Laurence Binyon, who finds a positive undertow to the city: "A sudden consolation, a softening light, touched me: the streets alive and bright, with hundreds each way thronging, on their tide".
Customarily, politicians who claim they have done nothing wrong choose to say so in a speech or a one-on-one interview during which they can defend themselves in the softening light of staged intimacy, be it Richard Nixon's Checkers speech or the Clintons' joint interview on "60 Minutes" to challenge the accusations of Gennifer Flowers.
It was a delicious complement to a mellow, creamy dal, made with yellow and green lentils and flavored subtly with ginger and garlic and cumin, which softened the light spice of the chili and the light pungence of the mustard seeds.
Whorls of hair float above a crisply outlined ear, and a sharp profile is softened by light emerging from the lower right corner.
Gradually one became aware of a black bird stalking about, contained within the set by a subtle scrim that also softened the light.
The removable diffuser hood softened the light so whites weren't blown out.
Stocks softened in light trading today as investors realized gains from last weeks rally, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 4.4%.
After nine holes, Marika begged off, and Lendl and I rolled on in the softening light.
In the softening light they have lost detail and become stark purple shapes.
