gentle
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He’s a little too gentle to be on planet Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Susanna and Grace bond while singing a gentle duet about former patients Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The family of Gayson, from Somerset, said he was "an extremely kind and gentle family man".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
He called Sherpa an "absolute gentle giant of a man and a true 'tiger of the mountains'", in a post that assumed the worst.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
He stamped on his cigar stub in the ashtray beside the radio and with it, it seemed, the anger too, for his voice grew gentle again.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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