velvet glove
Example Sentences
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“We’ve got to a point where we can no longer be able to afford the velvet glove diplomacy.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2023
Iron fist in a velvet glove: Smiling all the while, Nan manipulates the Roy children into overpaying $10 billion just so they can outbid their now-rivalrous father.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023
“It’s nice if you can put a velvet glove over the iron fist.”
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018
The haleem, a silky stew of chicken, lentils and grains, is a punch of Pakistani spice delivered with a velvet glove.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2017
Therein lies the secret of all power: the velvet glove and the iron hand may be an old saying, but it is a truth never old.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
