gentle
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To gentle souls who shy away from upsetting books, he warns that the “genteel impulse” leads to the confusion between “civilization and bowdlerization.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
"Be gentle but we are going. Don’t run over anybody, do not do what they did to us."
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The rise of gentle parenting added emotional complexity to this labor, turning every toddler tantrum into an opportunity for a measured lesson in self-regulation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Now, new research finds that those gentle changes in tension and pressure also affect your brain, and may play a role in the organ’s overall health.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
I stay in his house and his family feeds me and they treat me with the same gentle courtesy the older man showed me earlier.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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