gentleness
Example Sentences
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“Brian Lindstrom died this morning the way he lived — with gentleness and courage, grace and gratitude for his beautiful life,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
Sweetly recreating Michael’s delicate speaking voice and his gentleness while avoiding coming across as too weird, Mr. Jackson is so charming that it’s easy to forget about Michael’s sins for two hours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Masi said her son was a confident child, "always kind and full of patience and gentleness".
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Worse, it is a subtle form of victim-blaming, as it implies that the targets of defamation can make it stop by responding with gentleness instead of anger.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024
Not ever!—If she had even one quality an understanding mother is supposed to have, gentleness or friendliness or patience or something, I’d keep trying to get closer to her.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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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