Sentence examples for gentle uncle from inspiring English sources

Her daughter, Ciara, 11, described Mr. Alpizar as a gentle uncle whom she could not imagine hurting anyone.

Later, Sterne expressed his affection for soldiers through his portraits in Tristram Shandy of the gentle uncle Toby and Corporal Trim.

Peter F. Vallone played the gentle uncle whom no one minds sitting next to at family reunions, tapping George N. Spitz on the arm with a careful chuckle when he began to get a little frothy.

This lanky, long-bearded hero, who died in 1845, is a great American archetype: openhearted, brave, a wide-ranging enthusiast and a humanitarian -- a kinder, gentler Uncle Sam.

His voice is like a gentle old uncle telling you a tale.

We mourn the passing of our witty, cultivated and gentle brother and uncle, who devoted his life to the study of the world's languages.

I also knew what a positive influence my gentle and persuasive uncle would have on my dad, and if anyone could snap him into shape and blow some life back into him, it would be my uncle Ghattas.

Liberia was described, in an earlier and gentler time, as Uncle Sam's stepchild, but I think it's probably more appropriate to call it a bastard state of the United States.

"Rigo Alpizar was a loving, gentle and caring husband, uncle, brother, son and friend," Ms. Buechner said.

Her husband, our uncle, was gentle and kind but impractical and a dreamer, like all his brothers, including our own father.

"He was a gentle giant," said Charles Ewing, Brown's uncle.