How to Use cushion/soften the blow in a Sentence

cushion/soften the blow

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• There wasn't even the sniff of a price drop to help soften the blow.
  — Verity Burns, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
• Green said there are steps districts can take to soften the blow of school closures.
  — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2024
• Some could choose to offer a portion of the rebate to cushion the blow.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 July 2025
• But having something special to put up in its place can help soften the blow.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• Still, the bank thinks falling oil prices will help to soften the blow as this will translate to lower costs.
  — WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
• There’s little doubt in my mind that helped soften the blow of the fact that these new buildings were moving ahead.
  — James Barron, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
• The companies are taking steps to soften the blow from tariffs.
  — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 2 May 2025
• Leo, her brother and a 15-year-old sophomore at the school, wanted to soften the blow.
  — Joe Sexton, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
• Nothing like some designer deals to help soften the blow of a long weekend coming to a close, right?
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
• The rate increase would be implemented in two stages to cushion the blow to customers.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
• That stands to soften the blow for vehicles whose supply lines zig-zag across the continent.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
• Hinch prioritizes honesty with his players but knows that does not soften the blow.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
• Recent output increases, along with ones likely on the way, should help cushion the blow for consumers.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
• There’s a plan to soften the blow, with the report saying that Apple is building a battery case for the phone.
  — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
• China is unlikely to be able to count on exports—a key driver of growth since the start of the pandemic—to cushion the blow.
  — Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022
• The business stimulus measures Beijing rolled out a week later were meant to help cushion the blow.
  — John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
• Some leaders begin with less relevant statements to soften the blow, but folks can feel misled when the tough news comes behind it.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• There are prompting techniques that can help to try and somewhat soften the blow of those biases, see my description at the link here.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
• After all, the former president threw $28 billion in aid at growers to cushion the blow of his trade war.
  — Isis Almeida, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
• Bündchen did give Brady a heads-up, per TMZ, but that didn’t seem to soften the blow of the reports.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
• More than 20 years later, Timberlake has added a subtle disclaimer to soften the blow of his scathing hit.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• That could help soften the blow a bit when A Minecraft Movie builds its all-ages crowd the weekend of April 4th.
  — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
• The massive fall in output this year has led to a huge increase in government borrowing as the government sought to cushion the blow.
  — Fox News, 26 Nov. 2020
• Many are current homeowners able to use current equity to reduce the size of their next mortgage and soften the blow of higher rates.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
• Peloton has tried to cushion the blow to its growth by cutting the price of its popular bike and ramping up its ad spending, but growth remains stagnant.
  — Reuters, CNN, 5 Feb. 2022
• Even the Tesla bulls must be questioning whether Elon himself sees where his stock is headed, and wants to get a lot more for free to cushion the blow.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
• The peanut butter crunch McFlurry will hopefully soften the blow of the Grimace shake leaving the menu.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• To cushion the blow of reduced grain imports, Egypt last week banned the export of flour and wheat, as well as pasta, lentils and fava beans, to protect its food reserves.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
• After that ruling, the White House announced a 12-month program to cushion the blow of payment resumption.
  — Alex Tanzi, Fortune, 20 July 2023
• Throw in the reality that bonds have done little to soften the blow this time around, and the traditional investor in US stocks and bonds didn’t have a great start to the year.
  — Bret Kenwell, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025