Softens
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A bold opening gambit, the argument goes,
softens
the adversary for a more palatable endgame.
More example sentences with word softens
Although, the Ward Bond character
softens
the edge with "maybe we can communicate with them, after all they're humans, too" type of dialogue.
Tracy, playing a blustery, hard-to-take "regular guy" who would be an awful chauvinist and bully by today's standards,
softens
his character's hard edge and almost makes him appealing.
This
softens
the blow of the atrocities a bit; are we supposed to empathize with HIM?
Someone in TV land decided that Anthony Bourdain is too abrasive, in your face and rude, so the show
"softens"
Tony and loses all the spirit.
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