gentle handling
Example Sentences
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“He merely needs gentle handling and reassurance that he’s not going to the can,” Horowitz emailed Inciardi during a 2012 exchange about getting Sanders’ “‘explanation’ shaped into a communication” to auctioneers, the indictment says.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
This is because even very gentle handling of the plant releases potent oils that felines find so irresistible.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
To avoid breakage, she recommends gentle handling and styling, regular trims to prevent split ends and products such as heat protectors.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2021
They need more gentle handling in a space in which they feel comfortable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2019
After their initial distrust had evaporated under my gentle handling of them, they forgot all I had taught them about position and guards.
From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
