Sentence examples for gently for the from inspiring English sources

Watered them gently for the first time over the leaves with the watering-pot.

I admitted I did not see what that had to do with the subject of our family confab, and I pressed, gently, for the relevance of Mabel's ask.

The work calls gently for the public to consider these "unintended performers", those who find themselves the centre of attention whatever they do, purely because of their impairments.

Just before the sentence was executed, he sent a letter to a friend, warning him that if there is anything to this "reincarnation business," then "please break your morning egg very gently for the next couple of months because it may be me".

"A generous amount of butter," after all, means different things to different people, and her advisement to cook the turkey "gently, for the butter must not blacken or burn" is nerve-racking to many who do not spend their days browning meats over oil.

This is a remarkably restrained reading of the classic adolescent-meets-animal cliché, and it prepares the audience gently for the wrenching motion of the story.

After pressing the cut edges together gently for 15 seconds, the researchers found the sample went on to regain 98% of its original conductivity.

Bring the liquid to the boil, simmer gently for a minute for the strawberries to soften.

Cook the curry gently for an hour until the chicken is tender and falling off the bone.

Bring the liquid to the boil, reduce the heat, put on the lid, and cook the tagine gently for about 20 minutes, until the cauliflower has become tender.

Cook the crumpets very gently for 10 minutes until the surface becomes pitted with holes.