Sentence examples for gentle drop from inspiring English sources

Then he drills an ace down the line, and duly wins the game with a gentle drop shot over the net.

Increasing the speed of the game, slowing it down, varying the direction of or imparting different spin or pace to the ball, and employing gentle drop shots over the net when the opponent is out of position are some of the tactics that may be used to support the strategy planned.

This justifies the greater resistance and also the gentle drop in bearing capacity of the 3D sub-assemblage in comparison to the planar specimen.

It begins with a gentle drop, continues with a gentle rise for 600m, then an almost entirely flat section.

Join local families at nearby Arashi Beach, where a gentle drop-off ensures good bodysurfing on a breezy day.

Enjoying the gentlest drop (42%) from the previous weekend of any film in the top 10 is Thomas Vinterberg's Far from the Madding Crowd, starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen and Tom Sturridge.

In type I sample, the band has the maximum at 2,732 cm-1 with a gentler drop on the low-energy side.

In the type II sample, the band has the maximum at 2,709 cm-1 with the gentler drop on the high-energy side.

She will drop gentle hints and nudges to go in a particular direction, or to reach out to a certain person.

John S. Wilson, writing in The New York Times about a 1985 performance of the Basie orchestra under the direction of Eric Dixon, said that Mr. Carson "manages to suggest Mr. Basie's manner without adopting it, using single-note lines that are a variant of Mr. Basie's lines, and dropping gentle but propitious chords behind the soloists".

Whereas when the slope is gentle, provenance supply drops off and sedimentation becomes finer, enabling weaker downcutting and increased lateral migration.