Softens

When he sees me, his expression softens, but only a modicum. ❋ Ellen Hopkins (2010)

Let stand, stirring once or twice, until the gelatin softens, about 6 minutes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As she talks further with Cassie, her expression softens all the more, and she ultimately comes across as a single mother with a miserable job, who lacks the time, money, and motivation to eat well and take better care of herself. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By the fear which it inspires, it restrains eccentricity, keeps constantly awake and in mutual contact certain activities of a secondary order which might retire into their shell and go to sleep, and, in short, softens down whatever the surface of the social body may retain of mechanical inelasticity. ❋ Henri Bergson (1900)

Few facts are more firmly established than that the milky juice softens -- in other words hastens the decomposition of -- flesh. ❋ Unknown (1887)

In other countries, the consumer kind of softens up a little bit, keeps money in their pocket. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And if you let time go by, it kind of softens and smooths the edges. ❋ Deborah Scranton (2007)

But his expression softens when he sees her pain and he asks worriedly about Edward’s reaction to their kiss. ❋ Unknown (2007)

She had none of that soft, blinding, social aura, – that blending, blue haze, such as softens the sharp outlines of an Italian landscape, and in life changes the hardness of reality into illusive and charming possibilities. ❋ Unknown (1869)

I suppose she sort of makes him realize his inner self and he kind of softens her in a way or opens her up and takes the strings out of her bow a little bit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

China "softens" its stance towards sanctions against Iran ❋ Unknown (2010)