Sentence examples for softening influence from inspiring English sources

It would have a positive and softening influence on things".

In the Republic Plato stressed the educational values of the Dorian mode and warned against the softening influence of the Lydian ode.

It would be a study of high psychological interest to analyse the character of a people which had grown up under such conditions, and to show how far the inborn selfish instincts of man have been moderated by the softening influence of a state of society which, to a certain extent, does away with the necessity for an uninterrupted struggle for life.

Under her softening influence, he resolves to give up his vicious existence and begin a new life.

Men of such cold intellect are often in want of a softening influence; here, Terence Wilton's Colonel Pickering assumes the role of avuncular sidekick.

In public, Mr. Giuliani has taken a harder line, and some teachers say they expect Mr. Levy to be a softening influence on him.

All in all, he seems a beast utterly untouched by the softening influences of modern civilization.

Homs' location ensures that it receives softening influences and breezes from the Mediterranean.

This paper improves upon an existing model for the bistable piezoelectric harvester by incorporating nonlinear dissipation and cubic softening influences in the electroelastic laminates before applying analytical methods.

Sometimes, the vats were used for many years, softening their influence to a subtle vanilla that cushioned the spicy fruit flavors of the grape.

While China's materialistic culture may soften the influence of political Islam in Southeast Asia, China also plays on the tension between the West and global Islam in order to limit American influence there.