softie

IPA: sˈɔfti

Examples of "softie" in Sentences

I think I saw myself as a 'softie' -- I wasn't a street-tough kid ...
I had to get into some fights to prove I wasn't a "softie" I wrote about it a bit here
Justice secretary described as a 'softie' by tabloids over plans to simplify guidelines on sentences for murderers
However, his resistance to nuking the terrorists got him branded him as 'softie' during the presidential primaries.
He became "a creature of God" and was surrounded with something of the care and reverence with which the principal "softie" in the village was regarded.
It was especially hard for me as I started in ER & was told I was a "softie" and that I needed to get over the "newness" of it all et to toughen up my skin some more.
In 1988, Brown, a former Bob Dole staffer, had grievously wounded Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis with the infamous Willie Horton commercial, which (unfairly) portrayed Dukakis as the kind of softie liberal who would set murderers free so they could kill again.
It is rather pathetic, though, that before mention of his genius and hard work, it was felt to be very important to note that he wasn't a "meanie," he was a "softie" -- "He hugged his children, bathed them when they were babies, and let them jump on the sofa, even though it was against the rules."