Initially, the Japanese government refused to recognise any of them as refugees; however, their policy softened after 1998.

Demand is expected to soften after the next several years when the the companies have worked through a satellite backlog.

Still, this was not enough to soften the disappointment after the game.

The idea was to temporarily soften the blow to a district's budget after a change in circumstances.

Emerson's misgivings about Lincoln began to soften after this meeting.

Plays and people are known to soften after two decades.

Sulla softened considerably after the birth of his son and was devastated when he died at a young age.

She softened after a while, leaning back against a white car, her left hand resting on the trunk.

"The Crow" is more mainstream than it might have been, because script changes were made to soften the story after Lee's death.