gentle
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Other key attributes are a love of play, confidence and a gentle temperament towards fellow animals is crucial.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
There really is something undeniably moving about the track’s three opening chords: their warmth, the unhurried tempo, the gentle tone of the Rhodes electric piano.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
But the gentle fist pump as the fans around him went wild was telling and perfectly encapsulated how Rai has become a major champion - by keeping calm in the eye of the storm.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
"Be gentle but we are going. Don’t run over anybody, do not do what they did to us."
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
I stay in his house and his family feeds me and they treat me with the same gentle courtesy the older man showed me earlier.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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