soft line
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of soft line
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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The revolutionary regime, desperate to survive, is taking a surprisingly soft line with today’s rebels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
That helps to explain why the regime is so loath to take a soft line on the issue of dress codes.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2022
One of the hits was a bloop double off the bat of Mitch Haniger in the first inning and the other was a soft line drive to left from J.P.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2021
Early in the game, Fernando came to bat and hit a soft line drive foul towards our seat on the loge level.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2019
The fancied resemblances, I fear, arise sometimes merely from the ambiguity of words; there is supposed to be some relation between a soft line and a soft couch, or between hard syllables and hard fortune.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel
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