Sentence examples for was softened from inspiring English sources

The conflict between them was softened.

After the three hydrogen bomb detonations in 1954, the Dulles policy was softened.

Networks of kinship diplomacy were one means by which this particularism was softened in practice.

Beginning in the 1990s films, in response to changing social attitudes, Bond's chauvinism was softened.

The law was softened slightly in 2008 in the context of non-political organisations.

All quite amusing, but in the process the tragedy was softened.

The difference was that whereas Scrooge was softened by a vision, our visitor was softened by the sight of a copy of Fowler's "Modern English Usage".

But that blow was softened by the emergence of another superstar in Kylian Mbappé.

At first, liability was harsh, but then it was softened to encourage industrial growth.

That blow was softened by the successive appointments of Lord Falconer, Jack Straw and Ken Clarke.

Her mouth, free of lipstick, was softened and bloated by hot water.