Cushion
cushion (verb, noun) - reduce unpleasant effects, reduce the force when object A hits object B, a soft pad to protectexisting maintenance contracts now give the company a cushion
the impact of the debt crisis has been considerably cushioned by injections of financial aid
homeowners are cushioned from price rises in this contract
he had a cushion of seven seconds to defuse the bomb before it ignited
compensation to cushion the impact of the price rises
fund-raising to cushion famine
redundancy pay as a cushion that will see you through several months
relationships which serve to cushion a woman against the harshness of her life
cushion the blow
a daily partner as a cushion against the harsh world
we believe we're cushioned in case of a recession
well-cushioned during a downturn
securities operations will help keep Spain's second-largest bank well cushioned during a downturn
this Netherlands-based company is well cushioned from recessionary woes
cushion an economic slump
a cushion to rely on
sheer size is a cushion they can rely on
cushion the impact
cushioned with crumpled newspaper
our winter squash get picked at maturity and laid immediately in shallow boxes cushioned with crumpled newspaper or hay so that they don't get scratched or bruised
cushioned bathtubs that are soft on your bottom
cushioned by a wrap-around airbag
cushioned by a layer of blowing air on a frictionless floor that mimics the weightlessness of space travel
life became more cushioned for me in the mid-seventies when we built our bamboo and coconut-wood home in the highlands of Bali,
to some extent girls are cushioned from the outside world
cushioned by extraordinary talent and wealth
so many other people around that she'd be cushioned to some degree from the effect of his presence
Kraft foods should help keep Philip Morris well cushioned
ingenious strategies for survival have cushioned the blow of a crisis that might have sparked revolution
the company is amply cushioned to withstand a junk-bond-market shock
cushioned the impact of the Iraqi invasion
the thriving Bay Area economy has cushioned much of the blow
hovering somewhere on the borders of the pantheistic awareness of the neonate and not a cushioned, womblike shelter to crawl into
Though cushioned with some moralistic overtones, it criticized the regime severely
GM says the job losses will be cushioned
Years ago, tennis footwear was poorly cushioned and understabilized
The private-sector boom has cushioned the slowdown in production at state firms
we've made it too easy for our children, that we've cushioned them too much from life's blows
nothing had cushioned them for the exhilarating experience in which they now find themselves
The rather cushioned ending of the novel might be a point for criticism
The yellow light danced off the soft furs that cushioned her, and shivered the shadows of the bundles that hung from the smoke-grimed roof
the playroom has a deep, cushioned window seat that lifts up for toy storage
cushioned silent in the tender caul of death, in baskets strewn with flowers
seated himself on a cushioned chair offered as a mark of respect by the landlord
Grimsby was sitting in his cubicle, feet cushioned on his desk by mounds of paper
cushion the strain
fund existed as a cushion to meet unexpected demands for spending without breaking the overall planning target
the house windows cushioned the impact and saved him from instant death
state subsidies cushioned but could not reverse the long decline
cushioned from cut-throat competition
the additional cash income still cushioned farmers against the effects of a simultaneous fall in rice prices
in other words, they could no longer be cushioned from reality, or protected from the need to compete and win.
declining profitability was substantially cushioned by tax concessions
cushioned by the performance of some of their products
Example sentences:
* So are financiers calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures, to cushion the coming slump?
* The last cushion the big studios can rely on is sheer size.
* Maintenance contracts now give the company a cushion of £1.5m of income.
* You may, with any redundancy pay you've got, have a cushion that will see you through several months.
* The government was planning compensation to cushion the impact of the price rises.
* Our rotten mainmast began whipping sickeningly to and fro and required five men constantly clinging to its lee mainstay to cushion the strain.
* Experts say the house windows cushioned the impact and saved him from instant death.
* Expensive state subsidies cushioned but could not reverse Yucatan's long decline.
* The retailer may be cushioned from cut-throat competition from supermarkets but at the cost of their freedom to sell or price as they wish: like small subcontractors, being tied to a dominant parent company may be the cost of insuring against business failure.
* Although silk prices fell after 1925 the additional cash income still cushioned farmers against the effects of a simultaneous fall in rice prices.
* The violence of this transition became more cushioned for me in the mid-seventies, when we built our bamboo and coconut-wood home in the highlands of Bali, which for seven years now has served us as a sort of decompression chamber between the two worlds.
* Although to some extent girls are cushioned from the outside world, it is probably a good thing at this time, and the advantages of attending such a project far outweigh any disadvantages.
* The ultimate smoothie guy, cushioned by extraordinary talent and wealth.
* In other words, they could no longer be cushioned from reality, or protected from the need to compete and win.
* The Contingency Reserve has always existed as a cushion to meet unexpected demands for spending without breaking the overall planning target for public spending set in the White Papers.
* Home loan borrowers have been partially cushioned from the full effect of the doubling of base rates in the last 18 months.
* The first is that the impact of the debt crisis has been considerably cushioned by injections of aid from the United States which rose from US$14 million in 1980 to over US$160 million in 1987.
* Not surprisingly, there was enormous backbench pressure on the leadership either to amend the poll tax or to cushion its impact.
* As Wilson puts it in her discussion of Asian women living in Britain, these relationships serve to cushion a woman against the harshness of her life.
* The Observer , lagging behind The Sunday Times and without a daily partner as a cushion, was sold in 1976 by David Astor to Atlantic Richfield --; a quite unexpected knight galloping out of the mists.
* At one stage it looked as though McCallen might catch Dunlop as he closed the gap to three seconds but it was not to be and Dunlop opened up the gap again over the last two laps so that with victory in sight he had a cushion of seven seconds.
* Health issues (for example, The Terrence Higgins Trust campaigning for AIDS relief) and human well-being (fund-raising to cushion famine) follow close behind.
* There'd be so many other people around that she'd be cushioned to some degree from the effect of his presence, she had reasoned.
* In the UK, then, the impact of declining profitability was substantially cushioned by tax concessions for companies.
* The losses also continue to be cushioned by the performance of ICI fertilizers' carbon dioxide and argon gas sales in the industrial sector.
* Ballesteros, who has won the title four times, opened up with a 66 and enjoyed a comfortable lunch, sitting on a cushion of a five-hole lead.
