soft touch

Example Sentences

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For a while, they thought maybe their new neighbor just had a soft touch, and a large heart.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

As a writer, Hughes was gifted with a heavy hand and a soft touch.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

In a nation of noisy confrontationalists—the skillful soft touch replaced by the swing of a folding chair—reason is routinely drowned out by the loudest voices in the room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Cracked Cronin: “The whole key to that is the loving, soft touch of the head coach.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2024

Frodo felt a soft touch on his face.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien