Sentence examples for try to soften from inspiring English sources

They didn't try to soften the blow.

She didn't even try to soften her own edges.

I like to see how those venues with lower grades try to soften the effect.

Diplomats said Russia and China might try to soften the language.

Or a Republican candidate who might, in a general election, try to soften his Brooklyn bark.

The filmmakers try to soften this idea mostly by furnishing Ben with a sob story.

But lobbyists are still expected to work hard to try to soften some provisions.

"When you present ideas to them, they try to soften them," he said.

Often those phrases seem deliberately chosen to try to soften or minimize the significance of the lack of legal status.

He did not try to soften the charges against his office, describing the scheme as a product of "abject stupidity".

"If they can't win in the marketplace, they try to soften them up with legal fees and distract them.