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ChatGPT peppered these follow-up questions with a few gentle jabs at my own pressure tactics—enough for me to see that my focus on solutions might actually be stressful or uncomfortable for my friend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

A few large black feathers fluttered in a gentle breeze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

From there it opens up, like a flower bud warming to summer, with acoustic guitar strumming, a gentle rhythm section and a gospel choir echoing with otherworldly lightness.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

"They mostly expressed how heartbreaking it was for them to see me like that. They didn't scold or criticise me. Their approach was gentle."

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Duane sighed, looking up a gentle slope densely dotted in puffs of white hair balls that swayed in the breeze.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Repairs start with a digger light enough not to cause fresh damage, which pulls the bare peat back to a gentler slope and folds the vegetation over it.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

If ever there were a chance for Djokovic to survive a slightly gentler draw without having to beat both of the monsters who currently rule men’s tennis, it would look a lot like this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

But she acknowledges that her distinct approach — kinder, gentler, more tearful — is rooted in her particular skill set: “It’s similar to how I responded to being led in kitchens,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Astronomers have long suspected that white dwarfs also receive kicks, but the process is much gentler because these stars do not explode.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

“I am grateful to your good queen for giving us a gentler reception here.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"People have come back to tell me that he had the gentlest soul, he's hard-working - and he was very hard-working right until his last breath."

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

In Sunday’s statement, she dubbed her singer husband “the gentlest of souls” and said “we were equally astonished as fans at Perry’s physical outburst.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2024

Folky fingerpicking and new-agey thoughts about self-help make “Deeper Well” one of the gentlest but firmest rebuffs imaginable.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

His brand, created with veterinary dermatologists, aims to use the gentlest chemicals it can, and avoids artificial fragrances.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2023

My father, the gentlest man I know, was very upset when he discovered it hanging crooked the next morning.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

Coconut milk gentles the green-chile heat in the thick, creamy sauce.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2017

Mallory Ortberg: That’s all for this week, gentles.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2016

Saturday's conditions at Whistling Straits led to outstanding scores, as gentles breezes off Lake Michigan, combined with greens that Phil Mickelson described as "pristine, beautiful, large and receptive," produced a festival of birdies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2015

His wife gentles the vice president into letting her take over her husband's job, then draws him into helping her replace $9,000 her husband has stolen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such is the story, gentles, of the Cid Campeador.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

It seems somehow like he’s gentled us into it with benevolent trickery — as if he’d said, “Look! Over there,” and while we were distracted ripped a Band-Aid off our skin.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

On the phone from Britain, Wainwright speaks in quick, declarative sentences, gentled a bit by her Yorkshire accent with its long A’s, round O’s and forgiving consonants, but still quite direct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2019

After nearly 20 years as a gallery destination, and despite a spate of sleek new apartment buildings, it is still nothing but art, and it still feels surprisingly raw — gentrified but not especially gentled.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2011

Luckily, when I arrived here 20 years ago I was already so bitter and twisted from supporting the Boro for three decades that if anything the added sourness and torque have gentled my disposition.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2010

“No, Empress. Not as we understand the word. But he knows her, and she has gentled him, that’s true, and I don’t think he poses any danger to her—as long as I’m here.”

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

Like a grade-school teacher, the matrix provides a physical framework that supports and organizes the cells, gentling and channeling them to harmoniously create a functional tissue.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024

Canfield’s debut feature is infused with its own measure of that gentling spirit.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022

These handling and gentling exercises will essentially be like playing doctor with your puppy.

From Fox News ● Mar. 23, 2022

This gentling spares many vulnerable kids years of suffering.

From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2013

“Lie still,” Miss Maggie scolded, hurrying to the bed and gentling him back against the pillow.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk