soft focus
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of soft focus
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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She says her clients often describe brain fog as feeling like they are "living life in soft focus".
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025
Popular ideas about preschool usually involve a soft focus on cuddly kids, not the stuff of tough public policy or hard numbers.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
At first glance, the movie appears to be a soft focus romance.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
Looking back, it’s puzzling to think that Newton-John was seen as such a threat, particularly because her albums of the early and mid-1970s were captured in permanent soft focus.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2022
There is often a good definite quality in soft focus lens work that looks very definite indeed, even more definite than a sharp lens will give.
From Pictorial Photography in America 1921 by Pictorial Photographers of America
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