gentle
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The gentle Douglas Gilmour—legal guardian of Patience and a colleague of her late policeman father—is reprised by the very welcome Adrian Rawlins.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Sound therapy uses gentle background noise to draw attention away from the ringing or buzzing sensation.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
The family of Gayson, from Somerset, said he was "an extremely kind and gentle family man".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
He called him an "absolute gentle giant of a man and a true 'tiger of the mountains'", in a post that assumed the worst.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Her words were gruff but her tone was almost gentle.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act IV
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