Sentence examples for address gently from inspiring English sources

One of the few discordant notes at the convention came from Robert Schuller, a televangelist and senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif., who delivered an address gently criticizing some conservative evangelical Christians for acting as if they know the only possible route to salvation.

A man of advanced years halted, threw his arms wide, and began a formal valedictory address before being gently cut short and moved on by an attendant.

The choir seemed to gently address this sort of xenophobia in song lyrics: "I am a child with something to say, please listen to me.

In an effort to gently address the problem, Alfredo decided to bring up the tricky topic using an unconventional approach: He jotted down some financial goals that he and his wife could strive for together, such as more conscious spending and eliminating credit card debt.

Sometimes letting a little bit of your shy through can show your mom to address the subject gently.

The stranger approached the living-room couch and gently addressed the target.

He gently addresses what he calls "the gravitas gap," and how she quit being governor because she needed the money.

And she looks pretty scared," he said gently, addressing the family.

In an episode of comedy series Broad City, Ilana's Venezuelan housemate Jaime gently addresses his discomfort with Ilana's penchant for hoops: "There's something you do that I see a lot of white people do.

"Been a real long time since you had white people with an Auburn Avenue address," Mr. Alexander said, laughing gently.

But now writer-director Richard Tanne has addressed this with a gently likable, Linklaterish movie that ideologically conflates romantic excitement with progressive idealism, bringing in some unexpected subtleties.