Sentence examples for was softened by from inspiring English sources

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".

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

The decline in production was softened by a 0.7percentt decline in inventories.

The hardship was softened by his relationship with Patricia Hale, whom he had met at Oxford in 1952.

In recent years his image was softened by replacing the gun and the moonshine with a fishing pole.

However loudly the headlines screamed at the time, hostile reaction among voters was softened by a booming economy.

The farce is softened by sentiment.

All grudges are softened by the approach of dinner.

This harsh reality is softened by human relationships.

Even the gawkiest fantasies are softened by Lenne's trees.

It has been softened by the goodwill of different eras.