soften
verb (used with object)
will have softened
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future perfectof soften.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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If you’re lucky, the vinegar will have softened the deposits enough, so the water pressure pushes the remaining deposits out of the holes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
After a 30-minute rest before carving, the meat will still be pink and juicy but firm, and the connective tissue will have softened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2015
If you’re lucky, the vinegar will have softened the deposits enough so that the water pressure pushes them out of the holes.
From Washington Post
Next time we meet time will have softened all this trouble, and you will have forgiven one whose wish was to serve you, all his weakness, all his doubts.
From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by George Manville Fenn
They were angry with me for marrying Captain Van Deck; but my misfortunes will have softened their hearts, and now he is gone they will forgive me.”
From Mark Seaworth by William Henry Giles Kingston
