gentle
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It’s especially gentle and accessible to people with disabilities, those healing injuries and older adults.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
They’re basically soft-spoken toxic boys who have convinced themselves that being gentle in delivery automatically makes them healthy communicators.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat, then reduce the heat as needed to maintain it.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Tai chi, a gentle form of exercise based on gentle movements and breathing techniques, is another option.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
No more swinging, slapping, or bed-destroying; just gentle rapping, proof of an afterlife.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
"Earlier studies often examined gentler bends or relied on external pressure, making this subtle effect difficult to separate," Iyengar said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
The announcement also follows previous comments from Grande scolding people to “be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
"I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people's bodies, no matter what."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
So far, insiders say his promised “regime change” has been kinder and gentler than feared—more courtship than chain saw.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
But one night, desperate to practice our steps with the gentler sex, we put on our suits, stole out of our dormitory, and made it to the dance-hall.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Best For VPN newbies who want the gentlest introduction possible, or anyone who needs quick privacy protection for specific tasks.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Leave it to Kelly Reichardt, who turned Michelle Williams into a seething sculptor with frenemy issues in “Showing Up,” to make the gentlest, most self-deprecating heist movie imaginable.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
Ms Darwiche's friends described her as "the gentlest and kindest soul we knew."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
“You have the gentlest voice,” Sonia tells him.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
“I brought a friend to visit, Auri,” I said in my gentlest tones.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
And he gentles the excitable Tushingham into a performance of wonderful precision and variety.
From Time Magazine Archive
They will take gentles turned inside out on the hook one over the other, and when you have a bite strike rather quickly.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by William Blacker
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
The subjects of her essays have gentled somewhat, without any loss of acuity or elegance: the joys of being a grandmother, discovering the ukulele, the burly screen presence of Russell Crowe.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2017
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
“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
Gradually we drifted off, the whispers of breeze-blown branches and the breathing of horses gentling us to sleep.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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