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Gentle in sentence

526 examples of Gentle in a sentence

The dragoon heard her politely, and apparently with commiseration; but willing to avoid useless and embarrassing petitions, he answered mildly,-"I am not the commander of the party, madam; Major Dunwoodie will decide what must be done with your brother; at all events he will receive nothing but kind and gentle treatment."
The Virginian troopers dealt out their favors, with no gentle hands, on that part of the royal foot who were thus left in a great measure at their mercy.
Even the gentle George Singleton would not have breathed on you so harmlessly."
The gentle companion of his toils, who could throw around the rude enjoyments of a soldier the graceful mildness of peace, lay a bleeding victim to his success.
A nearer view of the disturbed features of the visitor confirmed Miss Peyton in her belief; and, with the shock that gentle feelings ever experience at a sudden and endless separation from even the meanest of their associates, she said hastily,-"Katy, is he gone?"
Isabella yielded to the gentle influence of Frances without resistance; and, having gained the room where the latter conducted her, wept in silence on the shoulder of the observant and soothing girl, until Frances thought her tears exceeded the emotion natural to the occasion.
The notes were wild, and the voice not powerful, but the execution exceeded anything that Frances had ever heard; and she stood, endeavoring to stifle the sounds of her own gentle breathing, until the following song was concluded:- Cold blow the blasts o'er the tops of the mountain, And bare is the oak on the hill; Slowly the vapors exhale from the fountain, And bright gleams the ice-bordered rill; All nature is seeking its annual rest, But the slumbers of peace have deserted my breast.
"Ah! by my hopes of promotion, my gentle Elizabeth, but you are welcome!"
"What!" roared the trooper, stopping short as he was about to swallow his morsel, "ancient Jenny!""The devil!" cried another, dropping his knife and fork, "she who made the campaign of the Jerseys with us?""The very same," replied the mistress of the hotel, with a piteous aspect of woe; "a gentle baste, and one that could and did live on less than air, at need.
It is a woman, mild, gentle, and dependent as yourself, that my very nature loves; deceive not yourself with visionary ideas of generosity, which will only make me miserable."
"Good heaven!" cried Isabella, with difficulty supporting herself on the couch of Sarah; "he is gentle as the lamb by nature, though the lion is not his equal when roused.""We must interfere: our presence will quell the tumult, and possibly save the life of a fellow creature."
Frances felt her spirits invigorated by these faint vestiges of the labor of man, and she walked up the gentle acclivity with renewed hopes of success.
His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh.
Tom surveyed his last touch with the eye of an artist, then he gave his brush another gentle sweep and surveyed the result, as before.
The neighboring spectators shook with a gentle inward joy, several faces went behind fans and hand-kerchiefs, and Tom was entirely happy.
And now you are so gentle and quiet and soft-spoken."
"He is a pretty, gentle thing; I always love the dogs.
"Steady, 71st! for God's sake, steady!" shrieked the voice of our colonel behind us; but in front was nothing but the green gentle slope of the grassland, all mottled with daisies and dandelions.
Nothing could be read on her expressionless countenance, which an inexorable will always maintained gentle and attentive.
Therese still maintained her gentle indifference, and her restrained expression of frightful calmness.
Henceforth he enjoyed gentle quietude, waiting for the hour to strike.
I remained there quite gentle, quite silent, dreaming of striking and biting."
What a nice, gentle life it would be!"
Fatigued and appeased, he sank into a sort of gentle and uncertain torpor.
Around her hung a gentle perfume of violet.
On Thursdays he assisted Madame Raquin to light the fire, to do the honours of the house, and displayed all kinds of gentle attentions that charmed the old mercer.
She appeared in better health, more smiling and gentle.
He simply felt as if benumbed, as if plunged into gentle and delightful stupor.
He had acquired the gentle penetrating voice of an actor which he employed to flatter the ears and heart of the good old lady.
One Thursday evening, Michaud and Grivet were already in the dining-room, when Laurent coming in, approached Therese, and with gentle anxiety inquired after her health.
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