He was a soft, gentle man, but in argument he was extremely tough and combative.
She likes good-looking blokes - that whole 'take me to a cave' thing - but she doesn't check that there is a soft, gentle, sensitive side to him.
Now it is Yiddish that is at risk; one of Abley's more quixotic interviewees is a rabbi who thinks that if it had been chosen as Israel's national language, the country might be a softer, gentler place.
Sponsored by the CITYarts program and painted by a team of student artists led by Hope Gangloff and Jason Search, this is a softer, gentler sort of memorial, a wistful lullaby to contrast with Lady Pink's high-powered memorial anthem.
This may seem like another "rule" but it's a softer, gentler way of lessoning some of the rigidity of the previous way of thinking.
The mayor's aides and friends have always said there was a softer and gentler Rudy whom the public never saw, and journalists have always known that he can be charming when he sits down to dinner with a glass of Chianti.
Although the comparison is a bit of a stretch, Amanda McBroom could be described as a softer, gentler American answer to Jacques Brel, the Belgian-French singer-songwriter she has idolized since she appeared many years ago in a production of "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris".
There's a slightly softer, gentler Marty".
"He is a soft-spoken, gentle soul — a lost soul who finds something that turns his life upside down," Mr. Laurie said, adding only that "it revolves around a romantic relationship that disturbs all parties involved".
Although his gold chains and New York accent suggested toughness, Joe Sr. was a soft-spoken, gentle father who liked to cook dinner for the firehouse.
