gentle
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Known as NEUSLeeP, the device combines gentle ultrasound stimulation with electrodes that track brain activity as it happens.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Dayanara was a bright light, a gentle soul, and someone whose kindness touched everyone around her,” the sorority shared in a memorial post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Over the next 18 months, the gentle gravitational tug of the Earth, Moon and Sun, along with even light from the Sun, gave a faint push.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Its gentle tannins bring out the flavor of dishes like mushroom risotto and suggest a more serious wine than the price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The gentle breeze wafting out to sea turned into a gray, choking, sick-making fog.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
The announcement also follows previous comments from Grande scolding people to “be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
"I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people's bodies, no matter what."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
It then rises more slowly, giving volcanic gases additional time to escape and making a gentler, effusive eruption more likely.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Thirty seconds later, the surge of power was over, and the legs returned to the gentler Eco mode.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Their tiny hands were ticklish at first, but the movements were soothing, and gentler than I could ever have imagined.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
"He was the gentlest soul who was the first to be there for all of his friends and family."
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
The assortment of fried, smothered, pickled or barbecued options guide your steps into the gentlest of food comas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024
“You have the gentlest voice,” Sonia tells him.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
His brand, created with veterinary dermatologists, aims to use the gentlest chemicals it can, and avoids artificial fragrances.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2023
But she tried anyway: ‘“And here begins the tale of mistletoe, that most unassuming and gentlest of plants.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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
His wife gentles the vice president into letting her take over her husband's job, then draws him into helping her replace $9,000 her husband has stolen.
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 Blount, James H.
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
I don’t want to be gentled, like I’m something wild and alarming.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2016
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
“No, Empress. Not as we understand the word. But he knows her, and she has gentled him, that’s true, and I don’t think he poses any danger to her—as long as I’m here.”
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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
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