Sentence examples for gentle inquiry from inspiring English sources

One of the biggest laughs comes when the gentle inquiry of a pageant official - 'Is there anything else?' - is met by the request: 'Yes, is there a funeral parlour around here?' The pageant at Redondo Beach is as amusingly handled as the canine competition in Christopher Guest's Best in Show.

But rather than simply condemning anger or allowing it free rein, we can approach it with gentle inquiry.

All it takes is a gentle inquiry to land something spectacular, even when it's not what the front desk initially prescribed.

We've had gentle inquiries from very well known squillionaires in this field.

Gentle inquiries about her grandsons and about how she was doing in the face of her losses drew a long, silent stare from Ms. Redgrave's blue eyes.

Democratic senators unsuccessfully sought to pin down Gorsuch's views on issues such as campaign finance, while Republicans made gentle inquiries that seemed designed to run out the clock.

Some parents, he says, have phoned Arab friends in Menbej to make gentle inquiries, but have been told they have nothing to do with the kidnapping and can't do anything to help.

We meet on the roof terrace of a hotel on the Croisette, which she treats as her salon, greeting the guests with gentle handshakes and courteous inquiries before turning briefly to chat with Cronenberg, who is conducting a parallel interview at a table nearby.

I decided that what she needed was a very, very gentle approach of compassion of inquiry, what I could do for the kids, what I could do for her.

"Field inquiry means being more gentle," Judge Herman wrote.

In this part of the Bronx, that line of inquiry would elicit some not-so-gentle replies, at least anytime after the 1960s.