I'm not softening them.

He washed his towels with fabric softener.

The asphalt was softened by the heat.

He softened it (speaking of a food).

The Wolf cried out to her, softening his voice a little:— "Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up."

And indeed no bullock nor cow would ever be in danger of drowning if it were not that the horn of their hoofs becomes softened by the water. To this fact many channels of the sea testify, such as that which even now is called the Bosphorus, meaning the oxen's ford.

The butter softened in the saucer.

Tom changed the word to soften the environment.

The plumbing has a water softener to eliminate lime.

In the Iron shop, Alex Fisher grinds down an iron door handle while Jeremiah Price and others use heat to soften the metal in theirs and hammer them into shape.