She had no phrases to soften the frightful blow which Providence had dealt him.
' She looked up at him again, trying to soften her words by means of something more subtle than a smile.
Did moonlight soften or sadden Dr.
And then he prayed every night after that, right in public, that the Lord would soften her hard heart.
Edgar's coldness depressed me exceedingly; and all the way from the Grange I puzzled my brains how to put more heart into what he said, when I repeated it; and how to soften his refusal of even a few lines to console Isabella.
And I know he will not change—at least not for a long while—unless something happened to soften him.
She dared not tell the sad truth at once, but she walked after Tom in trembling silence as he went out, thinking how she could tell him the news so as to soften at once his sorrow and his anger; for Maggie dreaded Tom's anger of all things; it was quite a different anger from her own.
" Most hearers agreed that it would have to be cut out, but one had known of oil and another of "squitchineal" as adequate to soften and reduce any lump in the body when taken enough of into the inside—the oil by gradually "soopling," the squitchineal by eating away.
"Something to soften down that harsh judgment?
" Dorothea felt that this was a consideration to soften her husband.
Wonder if it would soften Henry if he could see it.
She began to soften; she felt sorry.
( H)Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.
We often close ourselves off when traumatic events happen in our lives; instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves.
By utilizing our breath we soften our experiences.
They lie slumbering during the brutal winter, but once the sunlight warms enough to soften their crystallised world, the algae spring awake, making use of the meltwater and sunlight to rapidly bloom.
This treatment can help lighten the dark spots on the skin naturally as lemon juice effectively bleaches them, while the honey acts as a skin conditioner to soften and soothe the area.
( H) Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.
Human intercourse often demands that we soften the edge of perception, or withdraw at the very instant of personal truth for fear of hurting, or of being inappropriately present, which is to say ":,,,.
Finally, resist the urge to soften the blow with platitudes.