Sentence examples for gently like from inspiring English sources
The coffee shop may be one of the central locations of modern existential unease – think of Five Easy Pieces and When Harry Met Sally – but it's more sensible to let that perception creep in gently (like cream), instead of pouring the entire beverage over the audience's head.
The building rocked gently like a hammock in a breeze.
The images even shimmer gently, like the film.
Mr. Aw weaves these lives together gently, like a man plaiting hair.
"Gamburrrger," a voice purred, not so gently, like my grandmother at the end of a long hot day.
At times they rotate gently like mobiles, and later they appear, like dragonflies, a fleeting, iridescent, ephemeral species.
He gently likes to encourage this view of himself as an unworldly poet and eastern eccentric.
With a complex silhouette that ripples like gently luffing sails, Aqua breathes new life into the residential tower.
"Very gently, I'd like you to touch the wall," Timothy Bonadies, the 46-year-old course designer and manager of the camp, says from the front passenger seat.
If you like, gently massage the mask into your skin before you rinse it off.
If they do something you don't like, gently let them know that what they're doing is "a no-no".
