The phrase "a gentle wave" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a soft or mild movement, often in the context of water or a gesture.
Example: "As she stood by the shore, she felt the gentle wave lapping at her feet."
Alternatives: "a soft wave" or "a mild wave".
He closed the door behind her with a gentle wave.
Mrs. Miele (the surname means "honey" in Italian), 47, brushes away compliments with a gentle wave.
There are days she looks radiant, with an electric smile and a gentle wave.
The Mediterranean waters even rolled a gentle wave over accessories, for Roger Vivier 's special collection of shoes and bags is dedicated to the South of France.
The result is a gentle wave of consolidation: 87 of the 438 mills in south-central Brazil changed hands last year, UNICA says.
But on the fourth try, as a gentle wave was breaking at Loco Point, Benjamin managed to stand on the board, for 10 seconds.
I've hit the surf in Santa Barbara, La Jolla, and Carlsbad, nearly drowning each time and never once coming close to standing, but I did manage to get up on a board a couple of times in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, on an exceedingly gentle wave that was barely a foot tall.
But Rodriquez, who lives next to the cemetery, beckoned me over with the gentle wave of a man not quite fatigued by interlopers.
"Yeah, you don't, no — don't say that," Pence said, with a gentle, cautionary wave of his hand.
"It transforms a tight white fist into a gentle brown wave, and from my first inhalation 15 years ago it fumigated my private hell".
With a nod to Le Corbusier's chaise longue in a bathroom at Villa Savoye, Kjaerholm created a gentle tsunami wave of a recliner whose woven-wicker skin surfs over a chrome-plated steel frame.
