1. He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.

2. The government has been soft-pedalling the question of teachers' pay.

3. The studios soft-pedal the rivalry between their animation departments.

4. The central government started soft-pedaling coercion, emphasizing education and economic development.

5. This is a rather sensitive issue - I think we'd better soft-pedal it for the moment.

6. You might think it wise to find ways to soft-pedal that one.

7. Surely these letters offer dramatic proof that Sister White was correct in warning us not to soft-pedal our urgent last-day warning message.

8. On the issue of industrial pollution, the environmental activist plead with the government not to soft-pedal.