Sentence examples for gentle form of from inspiring English sources

That compound adjective, more than four centuries old, describes a gentle form of bridle bit.

But on the whole the style of the architecture, cajolingly co-ordinated by a young Hugh Casson, was a gentle form of European modern.

Mr. Kline, whose ancestry is Pennsylvania Dutch — "a very gentle form of Christianity" — said "Unsilent Night" carries "the whole accretion of a lifetime of befuddled spiritual pursuits".

Meanwhile, for young Orthodox music fans, it's a gentle form of rebellion; not as bad as eating bacon, but a Soulfarm gig is a bit cooler than another youth group singalong.

The new order allowed for comparative discretionary rule within the several hundred domains, but the daimyo were required to pay periodic visits to Edo and to maintain a residence there in which family members or important colleagues remained, a gentle form of hostage holding and a major factor in the city's rapid growth.

Reprofiling is a relatively gentle form of restructuring, in which the maturity of bonds is extended but the amount owed and interest rate stay the same.The fund also wants to limit the risk of being dragooned into lending huge amounts to stave off default in a country whose debts are unlikely to be sustainable by getting rid of a "systemic exemption" to its lending rules.

The allegory is plain, but its blatancy is modulated by the depiction of Mehring; the reader's sympathies ricochet between sour and gentle forms of pity for this wilfully naive, unconsciously weak figure.

Jason Wu, a favorite to dress uptown girls (and even the first lady), took a seductive "Fifty Shades of Grey" approach, citing as his inspiration the "provocative, erotically charged images" of Helmut Newton contrasted with the "gentle forms" of the photographer Lillian Bassman.

Arabidopsis can detect and convert gentle forms of mechanical stimulation into a strong activation of defense against the virulent fungus B. cinerea.

Several later resumed physical activity, taking up more gentle forms of exercise such as swimming, prenatal gymnastics, cycling or slow walks.

Moving forms such as Qi Gong, Tai Chi and very gentle forms of stretching like yoga, can be more effective.