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Gently in sentence

382 examples of Gently in a sentence

And he handed her the basket, which she put away from her gently.
And, pushing her gently to make her go into the arbour, "Sit down on this seat; you'll be comfortable."
The curtains of the alcove floated gently round her like clouds, and the rays of the two tapers burning on the night-table seemed to shine like dazzling halos.
"You must," he said, throwing a satisfied glance all round him, even to the very extremity of the landscape, "hold the bottle perpendicularly on the table, and after the strings are cut, press up the cork with little thrusts, gently, gently, as indeed they do seltzer-water at restaurants."
The weather was fine, the people were hot, perspiration trickled amid the curls, and handkerchiefs taken from pockets were mopping red foreheads; and now and then a warm wind that blew from the river gently stirred the border of the tick awnings hanging from the doors of the public-houses.
And fingering gently the blue binding of her long white sash, he added, "And who prevents us from beginning now?""No, my friend," she replied; "I am too old; you are too young.
No doubt Emma did not herself know, quite absorbed as she was by the charm of the seduction, and the necessity of defending herself from it; and contemplating the young man with a moved look, she gently repulsed the timid caresses that his trembling hands attempted.
And he bent over her gently to kiss her.
gently answered the young man passing his hands over her hair.
Emma kept down a desire to strike him, and asked gently if there was no way of quieting Monsieur Vincart.
And he pushed her gently towards the staircase.
She bent down her brow; at last he kissed her on the eyelids quite gently with the tips of his lips.
Then gently, and almost as caressing her, he passed his hand over her stomach.
Monsieur Bournisien, stronger than he, went on moving his lips gently for some time, then insensibly his chin sank down, he let fall his big black boot, and began to snore.
And thinking he wanted to play; she pushed him gently.
This is a wheel set in motion by the mill lade which drives both parts of the machine; that of the saw which moves up and down, and the other which pushes the piece of wood gently towards the saw, which slices it into planks.
Lost in a vague and pleasant dream, so foreign to his nature, gently pressing that hand which pleased him as an example of perfect beauty, he gave a divided attention to the rustle of the leaves of the lime, stirred by the gentle night breeze, and to the dogs at the mill by the Doubs, barking in the distance.
His horse dropped him gently into the one puddle to be found along the whole road, which created a scandal, because he had to be pulled out of the way to enable the King's carriage to pass.
An hour later, the Marquis entered the room, examined the copies, and was surprised to see that Julien wrote cela with a double _l_, _cella_ 'So all that the abbe has been telling me of his learning is simply a tale!'The Marquis, greatly discouraged, said to him gently:'You are not certain of your spelling?''That is true,' said Julien, without the least thought of the harm he was doing himself; he was moved by the Marquis's kindness, which made him think of M. de Renal's savage tone.
Julien had fastened the cord to the highest rung of the ladder, he now let it down gently, leaning far out over the balcony so as to see that it did not touch the windows.
'Who is there?' he asked her gently.
asked K."Yes," she said, more gently, "but the important thing is you mustn't take it too hard.
She gently crossed her legs.
Now, on a Sunday morning, most of the windows were occupied, men in their shirtsleeves leant out smoking, or carefully and gently held small children on the sills.
Or was she just pretending as she realised it could only be K. knocking so gently?
He had hardly stepped into the hallway, finding his bearings in the darkness with his hand still firmly holding the door, when another small hand, much smaller than K.'s own, placed itself on his and gently shut the door.
K. squeezed Leni's hand and Leni would sometimes dare to gently stroke K.'s hair.
"What's wrong with you today?" asked Leni, tapped him gently and carried on with what she had been doing.
But before he had reached the door the businessman spoke to him gently.
"You have been accused," said the priest, especially gently.
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