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Meanings of soften by in English

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Usage of soften by in English
1
If the paste hardens, soften by mixing in small amounts of warm water as needed.
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2
Once again, allegory: the harsh reality softened by clean comfort and impregnability.
The Guardian
3
She may be softened by the presence of the angel of death.
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
4
But its harsher features were softened by the teachings of the Church.
The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
5
The man was soiled but softened by his traffic with the world.
The Divine Fire
6
Even the direst catastrophes may be softened by our attitude to them.
It Can Be Done: Poems of Inspiration
7
The temperature of its air, then, will never be softened by culture.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
8
Henry Mortimer, softened by the same balmy influence, had been perfectly charming.
Three Men and a Maid
9
How far punishment may be softened by concurring circumstances, is another question.
An History of Birmingham (1783)
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For had he been softened by Christianity or civilised by the Koran--'
Tancred; Or, The New Crusade
11
The poor's-rates, enormous as they appear, are softened by these brotherly aids.
An History of Birmingham (1783)
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During the day the deep white blanket is softened by the warmth.
The blood spilt
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The loss was softened by by a foreign exchange gain on intragroup loans.
The Irish Times
14
She herself was softened by it, and she yielded one point in return.
The Desert and the Sown
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Here, puss. Fiddle's nature must have been softened by being in that dell.
Charmed Life
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Soften by your counsels whatever may be too violent in his just resentment.
Hortense / Makers of History Series
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