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She lay down on the soft, comfortable bed.

Your fur is soft. He smells like cookies.

One interpretation regarding the absence of fossils during this important 100-million-year period is that early animals were soft bodied and simply did not fossilize.

Some are soft and tempting, like a peach or a cherry.

It was also apparent that the glaciation occurred in the relatively recent past because the drift was soft, like freshly deposited sediment.

Among the superbly preserved Messel fossils are insects with iridescent exoskeletons (hard outer coverings), frogs with skin and blood vessels intact, and even entire small mammals with preserved fur and soft tissue.

The probability that actual remains of soft tissue will be preserved is improved if the organism dies in an environment of rapid deposition and oxygen deprivation.

Soft parts, including skin, hair, and viscera of ice age mammoths, have been preserved in frozen soil or in the oozing tar of oil seeps.

Although it is certainly true that the possession of hard parts enhances the prospect of preservation, organisms having soft tissues and organs are also occasionally preserved.

Another type of fossilization, known as carbonization, occurs when soft tissues are preserved as thin films of carbon.

After the death of an organism, the soft tissue is ordinarily consumed by scavengers and bacteria.

When rolled over a soft material----primarily the clay of bullae (round seals), tablets, or clay lumps attached to boxes, jars, or door bolts----the scene would appear in relief, easily legible.

The fruit is soft and doesn’t have any hard seeds that might survive over the ages.

It was based on an interplay of contrasts, um, different temperatures, or hard and soft textures.

This script consists of simple shapes, basically just wedge shapes and lines that could easily be incised in soft clay with a reed or wooden stylus; scholars have dubbed it cuneiform from the wedge-shaped marks (cunei in Latin) that are its hallmark.

The ending's a bit soft, I think, but it's a marvellous film.

I must have gone soft in the head.

Regular use of a body lotion will keep the skin soft and supple.

When it's dry, brush the hair using a soft, nylon baby brush.

The leather is as soft as silk.

The sample consisted of pebbles of hardened sediment that had once been soft, deep-sea mud, as well as granules of gypsum and fragments of volcanic rock.

Lichens helped to speed the decomposition of the hard rock surfaces, preparing a soft bed of soil that was abundantly supplied with minerals that had been carried in the molten rock from the bowels of Earth.

The word “piano” is short for “pianoforte”, a combination of the Italian words for soft and loud.

For example, does the artist use harsh lines or soft lines?.

Add enough milk to form a soft dough.

Soak the wrappers in the water until soft and pliable.

The metal supporting buildings became soft when exposed to fire and collapsed relatively quickly.

There was a soft tapping on my door.

The hypothesis that begging calls have evolved properties that reduce their potential for attracting predators yields a prediction: baby birds of species that experience high rates of nest predation should produce softer begging signals of higher frequency than nestlings of other species less often victimized by nest predators.

So the volume seems to alternate between very loud and very soft.

This brand new instrument, capable of producing loud and soft tones, greatly expanded the possibilities for conveying emotion.

Her rather tough and worldly exterior hides a very soft and sensitive heart.

The climate is no softer in New York than in Moscow on this icy afternoon.

A soft spring rain had fallen all day.

This is a smart, yet soft and feminine look.

She's been put on a soft diet.

Its general effect was soft edged and tonal.

Drinking water can vary from soft through various grades of hardness.

The regime at Latchmere could be seen as a soft option.

There is no way that 20 years of soft living could be lost in the first 30 minutes' exercise.

But he was gentle to me, very soft.

You're far too soft on those kids.