Usage examples for softened:
-
Mr.
Tredgold’
s
countenance
cleared
and
his
eyes
softened
"Project Gutenberg, Dialstone Lane, by W.W. Jacobs", W.W. Jacobs
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Mr.
Benfield
sank
into
a
chair,
and
with
a
heart
softened
by
emotion,
burst
into,
tears.
"Precaution", James Fenimore Cooper
-
His
hard
young
face
softened
wonderfully
as
he
stared
at
her;
there
were
two
quick
steps
and
they
were
in
each
other's
arms.
"Triplanetary", Edward Elmer Smith
-
"
That's
neither
here
nor
there,"
the
housekeeper
replied,
though
she
softened
a
little.
"The Cry at Midnight", Mildred A. Wirt