Examples of 'softening up' in a sentence
Meaning of "softening up"
softening up - This phrase can mean to make something softer or more pliable, to make someone or something less resistant or hostile, or to prepare for a less intense or serious moment
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- present participle of soften up
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softening up
Softening up attacks were made the day before.
Sounds like you are softening up on your sister again.
Softening up the victim.
It could just do with softening up a bit.
Helen and I will be softening up the enemy positions with a thorough PNS barrage.
Earlier he seemed to be softening up.
Vice president softening up the battlefield did not hurt.
Already at work for two days, begin their final softening up of the beaches.
We are finally softening up these environmentalists.
That was humiliation . That was softening up.
I hope you are not softening up like a school kid on a hayride.
And the Russians suffered an empire-shattering loss in Afghanistan before softening up under Gorbachev.
That Was the softening up process outside Germany.
It 's telling me maybe that she 's softening up her outlook.
We are finally softening up these environmentalists . How wonderful.
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Better lawmaking does not mean the removal or softening up of the Community acquis.
Softening Up the State What advice might Machiavelli offer critics of the contemporary market nation-state?
He just needed softening up a bit.
Softening up the electorate, that 's one thing.
That was softening up.
Phase One, currently underway, involves softening up.
I must be softening up.
Softening up the victim… or the suspect?
Does that include softening up captives for interrogation?
Louisa has told me how much help you have been, softening up Mrs. Thomas.
The biscuit's softening up quite dramatically.
Oh, I will … every time you need some softening up.
He 's going to need a little softening up because our last exchange was not so great.
Softening up a bit?
It 's no secret that your procedure for softening up prisoners is very special.
Softening up already?
Vavilov 's tormentor had plenty of experience softening up such stubborn subjects.
It's softening up a bit.
That Gouda's probably softening up by now.
Softening up the victim… or the suspect? You're not a suspect.
The device depicted in Figure 5 is for softening up wet particulate material.
He 's softening up.
The construct of claim 8, wherein the thermoset coating resists softening up to a temperature of about 450°F.
Sounds like you''re softening up on your sister again.
Okay, I think we are softening up the glass a little.
Oh, it's her usual fee for softening up a difficult client.
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