gently
Example Sentences
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America could have gone a different way in 1984, as Jackson gently let us know that night.
From Salon
It’s a percentage that has very gently increased, not massively because it’s been high for a long time—but it’s gradually increasing.
Slumped in a chair moments after losing his light-middleweight world title at the Vale Sport Arena, Cardiff, the Swansea native's wife Emma gently implores her bloodied partner to give up the sport.
From BBC
The machines gently suck out the milk and transfer it to large containers.
From BBC
If the phrase “eat more vegetables” conjures a supermarket tray with glommy ranch and sweating baby carrots, I’d like to gently update that image.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
