"We were trying to smooth out the red tape but the situation is difficult."

Or interest rates may rise while you smooth out problems.

Once his full weight hit, though, it would smooth out.

The ride did indeed smooth out, but only a little.

This would also smooth out the power requirements of the system over time.

I could even read the message she had smoothed out on the table.

It took him a moment to smooth out his feathers.

"These will be smoothed out pretty quickly though," he said.

He went to the table and smoothed out the pages.

But it took us a year to smooth out that accent.

She smoothed out the note so that they could both read it together.

The analysis can therefore be used to smooth out potential problems in the network.

Watching his face smooth out, I added, and with great relief.

He told her the table had actually helped smooth out some personality differences.

Still, he said, companies have some rough edges to smooth out.

"Funny, I thought he was doing rather well in smoothing out the problems of us working men."

He smoothed out what was left of the paper and folded it up again.

We know that the Kurds have been trying to smooth out their differences.

She took it off and smoothed out the paper against the roof of the car.

In a few cases, I may have helped smooth out problems here and there."

He moved up to a higher gear, feeling the engine smooth out.

"Nothing like a good cry to smooth out those edges."

His criticism led to a meeting between the two last week, and some things were smoothed out.

She rubbed her hand on the table to smooth out the nick.

It ran roughly for a moment or two and then smoothed out.