softening

IPA: sˈɔfʌnɪŋ

Examples of "softening" in Sentences

Softening can be both correlative and disjunctive.
He turned to her, his expression softening marginally.
For a moment he looked at Tessa, the rage in his expression softening into a sneer.
Watch yourself in town, Delilah, he told me, his expression softening as he patted my arm farewell.
He kept grinning at me, the expression softening his rough features into something more pleasant—and enticing.
“Well, sir,” Holland acknowledged, his expression softening slightly, “I know a fair bit about gunpowder, as it happens, so these references are all familiar to me.”