soft sell
Example Sentences
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How many employers would welcome a request for a cot, a soft pillow and half the day off?
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2013
"The lightning strokes of any future war will never again permit us to linger on the soft pillow of time," said Secretary of the Army Wilber Marion Brucker.
From Time Magazine Archive
But ice cream gives me pleasure, a very soft pillow when I'm tired gives me pleasure, a cold shower on a hot day gives me pleasure.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every time a baby is found dead in his crib, apparently smothered by bedclothing or a soft pillow, the mother is tortured by the feeling that she should have been more careful.
From Time Magazine Archive
When I’m finished, I just want to curl up in bed, with a soft pillow, and sleep without dreams.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
