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gently English
Meaning gently meaning
What does gently mean?
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Synonyms gently synonyms
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Examples gently examples
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Simple sentences
The road curves gently towards the west.
The land slopes gently toward the river.
This road curves gently to the right.
She laid the child down gently.
The wind gently kissed the trees.
It rained gently the whole day.
She pushed me gently.
He pushed me gently.
She's a good friend of mine and she likes you a lot, so try to let her down gently.
Tom spoke gently.
Do it gently.
Tom kissed Mary gently.
Tom gently nudged Mary.
Tom gently closed the door.
He put a hand gently on her shoulder.
He put his hand gently on her shoulder.
Tom gently hugged Mary.
Add the rice and cook gently until the grains begin to turn translucent.
Tom gently kissed his daughter on the forehead.
Tom gently shook Mary awake.
He gently laid a hand on her shoulder.
Knead the dough gently.
Movie subtitles
More gently!
Brace and to the patient's left. Very gently on three.
Gently, gently, gently.
Row row row your boat, gently down the stream. Come on!
Better to stop than drive the car gently over a cliff, isn't it?
I'd like to take you in my arms and hold you and press you to me very gently, very tight.
We must find Jeffrey, and break the news as gently as possible.
I suggest you break it to him gently.
Put it down gently and go away.
Gently and quietly.
Gently, you clumsy good-for-nothing!
I said, handle the controls gently, Dr. Lee.
Gently, dear.
Gently, Jane.
Now, gently does it.
Here we go, gently and slowly.
May the earth lie gently on our gallant enemy.
These things must be handled gently. with closed eyes! Real dresses.
He made a modest living but hope of some minor success still gently burnt.
Did hope gently burn?
Now, I take your fist gently. Like this.
Gently, gently!
I'LL WAKE HER VERY GENTLY.
GENTLY, SERGEANT, GENTLY.
Supposing you were going to take a girl in your arms. Uh-huh. Now you hold her tenderly. gently.
Right in here, gently now, fellas.
Gently, right along in there.
I knocked very gently, so in case you were asleep, I shouldn't wake you.
Very gently.
I want you to be the one to tell Lola, kind of gently, before it breaks wide open.
If you don't mind. All right, gently but firmly, mind.
Yes, inform her of it as gently as possible.
As gently as possible.
Mmm, gently, baby, it's Mother's Day.
News and current affairs
But de Gaulle's legacy would most likely be snuffed out gently, with nostalgia for both Mitterrand and Chirac possibly proving very tempting for a people disaffected with the political system but desiring to be reassured.
Russian President Vladimir Putin argues that Iran, unlike North Korea, has not expelled IAEA nuclear inspectors, quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) or tested a weapon - so it should be dealt with gently.
But, with the exception of those who have only just joined, few governments on either side of the Atlantic seem to fear major disaster if it gently faded away.
Some of these rascals are indeed, to put it gently, past their shelf life.
I was first briefed by a former Monitor Company employee, who gently intimated that I should not to expect too much.
Admitting surprise at the speed of events, Allah advises Al Qaeda groups to engage gently with the rising forces in these countries.
He preferred humor to hectoring, gently making fun of those whom he criticized, while always making sure that even the most severe intellectual critique did not deny the humanity of his opponents.
Thanks to a combination of intense heat and periodic Sahelian rains, Madi consistently produces clean, high-quality cotton on the gently sloping hills that surround his walled compound.
No, Yeltsin gently shifted his premier into managing a future presidential campaign, most likely Yeltsin's own.
This should be done gently, but firmly.