81.   To stop in a hurry took edge.

82.   To take the edge off your appetite, the waiter appears with superb bread from the bakery next door, served with an addictive garlicky bean dip.

83.   Trees and logs are often covered with grit that can quickly take the edge off the teeth.

84.   We took a little edge off.

85.   When they are nice they can take the edge off the bleakest hotel experience, but there is nothing scarier than a dezhurnaya with a bad attitude.

86.   Winning has taken the edge off the frustration that has been building up the entire season.

87.   Writing it helped to take the edge off his starkly demanding missions, he said.

88.   A strong wind took the edge off the heat and shook the plastic tarpaulins that are providing shelter for the growing throngs that are expected to peak Sunday morning.

89.   He prefers a left-right government to display a common front in dealing with Palestinian violence and to take the edge off his uncompromising image.

90.   He takes the edge off the classic Chicago urban blues without watering them down by adding the swing that only a Californian could.