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soft spot
noun as in raw spot
Example Sentences
Worobey—known for having “a soft spot for wild theories”, according to David Robertson, a virologist at the University of Glasgow, UK—has a track record of tackling hotly debated theories around dangerous viruses.
“I’ve always had a soft spot for eccentric kids, probably because I had one myself,” she told The Post.
Two-deep coverages can be beaten with certain route combinations that force the safeties to respect a vertical threat and leave soft spots underneath.
Evan Grainger, assistant video producerI grew up taking canoe trips in the Boundary Waters with my dad, and I’ve always had a soft spot for this northern paradise.
Stitched flannel-fleece also makes it hardy enough to stand up to pets who might claim these soft spots as their own.
Marc Webb has a soft spot for SXSW, the music/tech/film festival behemoth.
The columnist was a royal prick, but he had this soft spot for Damon Runyon, who was dying at the time.
Rhapsody: I have a soft spot for Rhapsody since I was on the founding team and still use it everyday for my on-demand music fix.
Another user named Victoria Levitt wrote that she joined the site because has a “soft spot for geeks!”
The Italians also have a soft spot for Capuchin Franciscans, who have long been known for their work with the poor.
If I cud be a haythen an' was a marryin' man, 'tis ye'er soft spot I'd like to land in f'r me declinin' days.
Fortunately Rasco landed in a tolerably soft spot, otherwise his neck would surely have been broken.
Once, treading on a soft spot near a rabbit “creep,” he suddenly felt a slight movement beneath his feet.
I believe so long as she had lived he would have kept straight; that was the only soft spot in him.
She was so tired that she curled up on a soft spot and fed the machine till it was time to go to bed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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