soft

Example Sentences

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Later life is often surrounded by unhelpful food messages: eat less, lose weight, avoid “heavy” meals, stick to soft foods.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

And I can tell you after my weeklong test drive that’s a soft 19.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Price action has been very soft, with the stock failing to post back-to-back weekly gains in nearly three months.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Lauer relied on soft contact to throw a scoreless fourth inning, but he ran into some trouble in the fifth, with back-to-back singles, a sacrifice fly, a disengagement violation and PitchCom issues.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

It was beginning to rain, a soft slanting rain that went through my shawl.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff