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

VOA: special.2010.12.05

Got louder, then softer.

先渐强,后渐弱

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to make a question a little bit more polite, a little bit softer.

这样可以让整个句子显得更有礼貌，也更为温和。

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

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Remember that you can change it slightly by saying "Would you mind" to ask permission a little bit softer.

记住，你可以通过轻微变形，用“Would you mind”更委婉地请求许可。

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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