soften the blow

The Government has tried in several ways to soften the blow.

Was there some way he could soften the blow for her?

We're trying to soften the blow by talking around the subject.

There are ways you can help to soften the blow.

"We had to figure out a way to soften the blow, how to market the site."

People got used to it in the war but now.well, time will soften the blow.

But that, of course, did nothing to soften the blow.

There was no way to soften the blow, so she told him straight.

And even then there are often ways of softening the blow.

But there had been no way to separate or soften the blows.

My friends quickly moved to soften the blow: "Come out and visit."

She'd use her counseling skills and try to soften the blow.

By expressing myself in music, I can soften the blow.

I want to recommend some positive changes to soften the blow.

What softened the blow was the assurance that the days lost would be made up.

"I'll wear it for a couple of weeks to soften the blows to the area."

The kind words will not soften the blows once the game starts on Saturday.

His helmet had helped soften the blow, but he was still in a bad way.

His first instinct had been to soften the blow for the older man.

Union leaders are meeting management tomorrow to try to find a way of softening the blow.

I felt that the ending as it was softened the blow far too much.

Even so, he softened his voice, as if to soften the blow.

There's no way to say it, is there, to soften the blow.

He smiled at the technician, trying to soften the blow.

But they said the deal would soften the blow for about 415,000 of the 1.4 million customers whose rates are rising.