gentle

Sam Claflin is bland as Scrooge’s nephew, Fred, the one person who sees something kind and gentle in Scrooge and tries to coax it out of its cage of spite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The first, called the dorsal column pathway, carries information about gentle touch, vibration, and the position of different body parts.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

An elegant woman gazes out from her portrait with expressive eyes, a gilded wreath worn in her hair and a gentle, questioning look on her face.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

This is how he stumbled upon his genre: gentle comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

No more swinging, slapping, or bed-destroying; just gentle rapping, proof of an afterlife.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

This slower movement gives volcanic gases additional time to escape, favoring gentler eruptions in which lava flows out onto the surface rather than being thrown high into the air.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

For example, perhaps increased closeness to parents facilitated by smartphones or gentler parenting styles leads young adults in their 20s and early 30s to be more comfortable living with their folks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Repairs start with a digger light enough not to cause fresh damage, which pulls the bare peat back to a gentler slope and folds the vegetation over it.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

But she acknowledges that her distinct approach — kinder, gentler, more tearful — is rooted in her particular skill set: “It’s similar to how I responded to being led in kitchens,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Probably not. They’re kinder, gentler, more George Senior sort of deals.”

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

His “Peaky Blinders” co-star Cillian Murphy remembered Neill as “one of the kindest, funniest and gentlest people, and one of the finest actors,” while Nicole Kidman celebrated Neill as “one of the greats.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

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From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026

Ms Darwiche's friends described her as "the gentlest and kindest soul we knew."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024

“You have the gentlest voice,” Sonia tells him.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

Ira was gentlest with him, and tirelessly patient, nursing him in her skinny arms and giving him most of what came to her.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Coconut milk gentles the green-chile heat in the thick, creamy sauce.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2017

Mallory Ortberg: That’s all for this week, gentles.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2016

Saturday's conditions at Whistling Straits led to outstanding scores, as gentles breezes off Lake Michigan, combined with greens that Phil Mickelson described as "pristine, beautiful, large and receptive," produced a festival of birdies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2015

Beside a shallow pool at the ring's center, a young woman gentles a skittery gray horse, their reflections glimmering on the water's turquoise surface.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit that hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object.

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount

It seems somehow like he’s gentled us into it with benevolent trickery — as if he’d said, “Look! Over there,” and while we were distracted ripped a Band-Aid off our skin.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

On the phone from Britain, Wainwright speaks in quick, declarative sentences, gentled a bit by her Yorkshire accent with its long A’s, round O’s and forgiving consonants, but still quite direct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2019

After nearly 20 years as a gallery destination, and despite a spate of sleek new apartment buildings, it is still nothing but art, and it still feels surprisingly raw — gentrified but not especially gentled.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2011

Luckily, when I arrived here 20 years ago I was already so bitter and twisted from supporting the Boro for three decades that if anything the added sourness and torque have gentled my disposition.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2010

Near the bottom of the hill, the slope gentled and the street began to widen.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The material doesn’t want sophisticated adults mucking about in it or, worse, gentling its hard edges for commercial consumption.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

Like a grade-school teacher, the matrix provides a physical framework that supports and organizes the cells, gentling and channeling them to harmoniously create a functional tissue.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024

These handling and gentling exercises will essentially be like playing doctor with your puppy.

From Fox News ● Mar. 23, 2022

This gentling spares many vulnerable kids years of suffering.

From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2013

Her bare hands worked them into the ground, prodding and gentling, as if putting to bed an endless supply of small children.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver