go soft
Example Sentences
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Bananas are often left to languish in tote bags; berries go soft in their cartons.
From Salon • May 6, 2025
When Wanda issues a deadly threat, Olsen lets her voice go soft, and her eyes fill with tears and regret: There’s a real person in there.
From New York Times • May 9, 2022
If for some reason they go soft on you, Elena Silcock says in “Salads Are More Than Leaves: Salads to Get Excited About,” you can pop them back in a hot oven to crisp up.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022
But Krantz’s mother, a lawyer for Legal Aid who was always dressed to the nines, did not want Judith and her siblings to go soft in their life of privilege.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2019
She could feel her face go soft and gummy.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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