gentleness
Example Sentences
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"Your wild imagination, your brave untethered womanhood, your ferocious gentleness is a guiding light to me."
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Although Disney has become synonymous with a certain gentleness, these cartoons are sort of violent.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
That gentleness is surprising in a tool as powerful as an elephant’s trunk.
From NewsForKids.net • Jun. 20, 2024
What emerges is a drama that takes on difficult questions with surprisingly gentleness, eschewing scandal or violence.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024
Damasen handled him with surprising gentleness, murmuring words of encouragement that she couldn’t quite catch.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Vocabulary lists containing gentleness
"American Names"
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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The Suffix -ness, Part 2
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