Sentence examples for softening the effect from inspiring English sources

Softening the effect of that loss was Tottenham's tie with Blackpool, which left fifth-place sixrs six points behind City.

Like many of its neighbors, Meet has stuck with its concrete floors and brick walls, softening the effect just a little with some strips of gauzy curtain in the nichelike windows.

Yet this passage, perhaps the most tough-minded in all American literature, is read by Mr. Conway with lilting piano music in the background, softening the effect and making it seem that these astute commentators have been talking into the wind.

Although there is only one major park near the city centre the Tiergarten, just west of the Brandenburg Gate Berlin has always been a surprisingly green city, with luxuriant trees softening the effect of the stone apartment blocks in many streets.

Nearby, Lurch from "The Addams Family" was darting through the throng to greet a friend, his twinkling eyes and widening smile softening the effect of his cadaverous makeup.

In contracting businesses, industrial policy suggests an active role for government in softening the effects for displaced workers and affected communities.

That can work wonders in softening the effects of a debt-deflation.

This quick, easy eye makeup routine shows off the natural gleam in your eyes while softening the effects of time.

To soften the effect on the budget, the government will cancel all corporate tax breaks.

The children's swing set in the garden softens the effect slightly.

A vigorous group of dusty pink Sedum Autumn Joy to one side softens the effect.