softness

They are compatibly beautiful; her softness brings out his, and she grounds him in a way that, say, Ann-Margret, Presley’s more aggressive co-star in “Viva Las Vegas,” did not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

July government retail-sales data showed a softening overall, though some of that softness was likely caused by one-time events like the switch of Amazon.com and other retailer’s summer online-sales events to June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Investors did get an update on the solid-state transformer project, but seemed to focus on the here and now — the lower-than-expected revenue outlook, which was mostly thanks to softness in SolarEdge’s European business.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Chelsea have previously suffered from indiscipline, a perceived softness defending set-pieces and, perhaps most importantly, a lack of leadership and dressing-room culture.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

My toes clutch the tiny blades, revel in the softness and the damp earth beneath my feet.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

His touch was special, even in introductions and final flourishes; he built waves within his playing, revealing softnesses in his sound even while working intensely.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2013

The authors have not entirely evaded its treacherous softnesses.

From Time Magazine Archive

My spirit is rather unbendable as yet to the softnesses of these strange words, stiff for want of use, so forgive a tendency to go round them.

From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim

As sure as he was there thinking over John Gordon and Mary Lawrie, would he maunder away his mind in softnesses.

From An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope

It was rather the profile of one of those Roman emperors, splendid in its animal strength, but lacking those subtle softnesses of eye and mouth which speak of an inner life.

From The Firm of Girdlestone by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle