His caramels were softer than others being sold and less sticky.

VOA: special.2010.12.05

He said softer treatment only led to stronger demands from Britain.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Gypsum sand is made of softer calcium sulfate.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Yet Nicholas Szechenyi of the Center for Strategic and International Studies says Washington's softer approach is not all soft.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Africa Command officials say the command has a far softer approach, trying to boost security through greater cooperation and capacity-building activities with America's African partners.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

"In terms of foreign policy where Iran comes in, all three parties are following the same interventionist policies which gave us the Iraq war, the wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world and I think on that even the Liberal Democrats - despite being perceived as softer - they're following the same underlying policies.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30