How to use soften in a sentence

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• To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.From the entry tough
• Don't overmelt the cheese: it should just be softened a little.From the entry overmelt
• Massage the kale to soften it before making the salad.From the entry massage
• A foam mat can soften a hard seat.From the entry foam
• Swann says people do this to avoid offense and “soften the blow”.2025 September 4, Madeleine Aggeler, “I stopped telling ‘little white lies’ for two weeks. This is what I learned”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry little white lie
• In other words, it has aged (and softened and tawnied) in wood for many years.2019, Ed McCarthy, Mary Ewing-Mulligan, “Wine Roads Less Traveled: Fortified and Dessert Wines”, in Wine for Dummies (For Dummies), 7th…. From the entry tawny
• “I thought it was bring-your-kid-to-work day,” replied Dad, clearly hoping a joke might soften them.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry death stare
• His father has mellowed, too; a bad hip has softened his cough.2016, Mary Morrissy, Prosperity Drive, →ISBN. From the entry soften someone's cough
• In prison there are no loved ones to soften the blow of such terrible news.2015, Cindy Sanford, Letters to a Lifer: The Boy ‘Never to be Released’, Waterside Press, →ISBN, page 181. From the entry soften the blow
• My heart softens for this kind grandmalike woman standing before me.2015 April 21, Melissa Collins, The Love Series Complete Box Set, M Collins Author LLC, →ISBN. From the entry grandmalike
• I know it would only be a fine but it might just soften her cough a bit.2014, JP Burke, Perfumed Cargo, →ISBN, page 52. From the entry soften someone's cough
• When I dug up the rottened and softened flesh, some weeks later, it had worked.2014, Ian Stephen, “Pike”, in A Book of Death and Fish, Glasgow: Saraband, →ISBN, book 1 (Migrations), page 49. From the entry rottened
• For example: Hamburg Frost will soften the beam edge with little additional spread of the beam.2013, Alan Bermingham, Location Lighting for Television, pages 9–26. From the entry frost
• His dark eyelashes made his dark chocolate eyes so much darker, especially when they softened with desire.2012 07, Karen Alterisio Nelson, Millions of Reasons to Lie, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 118. From the entry motorboat
• Nordstrom sized up O'Malley's expression, beginning to soften from surly to inquisitive.2011, Dan Ferullo, chapter 7, in Monster Hill, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 298. From the entry fugazi
• “Háčky” (pronounced “hah-chky”) are used to soften the sound of consonants.2011, Charles Ota Heller, “A note about Czech words”, in Prague, page v. From the entry háčky
• Unroasting vegetables in the dehydrator softens them, allowing their flavors to intensify and become almost sweet.2010, Alissa Cohen, Leah J. Dubois, Raw Food for Everyone. From the entry unroast
• This softens the meat further, but at some loss of crunch to the bark.2009, Julie Reinhardt, She-Smoke: A Backyard Barbecue Book, page 151. From the entry bark
• Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and make reforms.2009 January 21, Dwight Garner, “The Joys and Pains of Being an Animal”, in New York Times. From the entry grillwork
• Or because it was impossible to say without first softening your voice?2007, Sharon Kendrick, The Sheikh's English Bride, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry Xavier
• Before the jump the ground underneath is thoroughly softened by digging up the earth.2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry land diving
• The glare softened, "Today the daymeal is to be broth and tatties and cheese.2006, Patrick Cave, Sharp North. From the entry daymeal
• A properly shaped brow frames the face, lifts the eyes, and softens your appearance.2006, Lisa Petty, chapter 14, in Living Beauty: Feel Great, Look Fabulous & Live Well, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, page 233. From the entry brow job
• They then smoothed and softened the wood by covering it with paste.2005, Charles Kahn, Ken Osborne, World History: Societies of the Past, Portage & Main Press, →ISBN, page 118. From the entry woodblock printing
• I forgot to take the ice cream out of the freezer to soften it!2003, Diane Muldrow, Barbara Pollak, Sweet-and-sour summer. From the entry yipes
• This unidentifiedness did not soften the response that followed the first poisonings.2000, Lisa Heinzerling, “The Rights of Statistical People”, in Robin West, editor, Rights (The International Library of Essays in Law &…. From the entry unidentifiedness
• Multiple blanchings soften the flesh of the chiles and subdue their heat a bit.1999, Marilyn Tausend, Cocina De La Familia. From the entry blanching
• "The leaks definitely softened the ground for Clinton," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan.1998 August 18, Tony Karon, “Who Knew?”, in Time, retrieved 02 Feb 2016. From the entry soften the ground
• When softened, add the tomatoes and cook down until it is a saucey, oniony mixture.1998, Marlena Spieler, 30 Minute Vegetarian Italian Cookbook, London: Thorsons, HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry saucey
• It was meant to soften the severing of all connections with her maika.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 72. From the entry maika
• Iron took the stone home and boiled it for a short time to soften it.1963, John Canfield Ewers, Blackfoot Indian Pipes and Pipemaking, page 52. From the entry pipemaking
• The Westron was a Mannish speech, though enriched and softened under Elvish influence.1955, JRR Tolkien, The Return of the King. From the entry mannish
• Rough, “peely” arms, shoulders, legs—See Angel Skin soothe, soften, cool sensitive wind-and-sun irritated skin.1954 June, “Angel Skin by Pond’s”, in Ladies’ Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 106, column 1. From the entry peely
• Lawrence had smiled to soften the anxiety of her blue eyes under their frowning, carefully tweezed brows.1950, Anya Seton, chapter 1, in Foxfire, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 4. From the entry tweeze
• Locomotive water cranes are provided, and a water softening plant has been installed.1946 May and June, G. A. Sekon, “L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 149. From the entry water crane

Meaning of soften

1. verb To make something soft or softer.
2. verb To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
3. verb To make less harsh.

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Questions about soften in a sentence

How do you use soften in a sentence?

Soften is used as a verb. For example: “Soften the butter before beating in the sugar.”

What is a short sentence with soften?

“Having second thoughts, I softened my criticism.”

What does soften mean?

Soften means to make something soft or softer.