go soft
Example Sentences
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It is time for us to harden our hearts against the hardwoods, and we shouldn’t go soft on the softwoods, either.
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022
Large-fruited Sylvan and Shawnee are the two most common blackberry varieties; the former — a close relative of marionberries — is seductively jammy, the latter noticeably glossy, though quick to go soft.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2022
When Wanda issues a deadly threat, Olsen lets her voice go soft, and her eyes fill with tears and regret: There’s a real person in there.
From New York Times • May 9, 2022
But Krantz’s mother, a lawyer for Legal Aid who was always dressed to the nines, did not want Judith and her siblings to go soft in their life of privilege.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2019
Her eyes go soft, and I think she might cry.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
