How To Use soft-pedal In A Sentence
- But the newest version of candidate McCain does not dillydally, soft-pedal or claim to live outside politics-as-usual. A Whole New McCain - Swampland - TIME.com
- On the issue of industrial pollution, the environmental activist plead with the government not to soft-pedal.
- Yeah, I think they've been soft-pedalling this long enough. Pelosi Says The Dem Primary Is Over, Declares Obama The "Nominee"
- Like the trustees, stewards and owners of Britain's other stately homes, the Carnarvons had got used to the idea of soft-pedalling their class and privilege in favour of a workmanlike attitude to custodianship that blurred the distinctions. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- Some rights groups have accused Britain of soft-pedalling on sensitive political issues to avoid harming its trade prospects. David Cameron vows to raise human rights issues 'without hectoring' China
- Yet, while the movie may earn a few points for honesty, it remains a soft-pedalled weepie. Times, Sunday Times
- Far from soft-pedalling, this approach might signal a significant increase in the pressure brought to bear on sophisticated fraudsters. Times, Sunday Times
- All I did was grump at Glenn Reynolds for soft-pedalling his plagiarism, a position I thought was not good for a professor to hold. Archive 2005-08-01
- His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder
- China relationship, played up the two nations' common interests — and soft-pedaled or ignored longstanding issues that divide them. Rivals Seek New Balance
