gentle

Example Sentences

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For this friendly, the gentle hum of a few thousand conversations sounded more like the first morning of a Test match at Lord's.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In contrast to earlier studies that relied on powerful laser pulses to generate these states, the Dresden team found that gentle stimulation using magnetic waves is enough.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Amid this gentle drama, Jewett depicts the marshland, where “the lines of the creeks made a broad tracery whichever way one looked.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

This is not a gentle roast; this is a decisive one.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Ma, who had always been so deferential, so gentle, had found a way out of a bad situation and had executed it.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu