Sentence examples for gently or not from inspiring English sources

Rents are rocketing, house prices, stagnating gently or not, are utterly prohibitive.

Both India and Pakistan in fact have a long and destructive history of, gently or not, putting in the knife.

In the but-for case, inflation probably would not have fallen as much, and the Fed might have waited longer to intervene or have intervened more gently or not at all.

Key Republicans are gently (or not gently enough) trying to dissuade Mr. Bunning from seeking re-election in 2010 out of concern that his paltry fund-raising, declining approval ratings and irascible conduct have made him something between vulnerable and unelectable.

And, in another break from seating tradition, Tom Hanks and Mila Kunis were treated to an informal chat as Corden wheeled his office chair from behind the desk to sit alongside them and gently – or not entirely – press Kunis as to her marital status.

Quintus tells him that he must either turn down impossible requests gently or not turn them down at all, since "the former marks a man of good character" (vir bonus) and "the latter is the mark of a good candidate" (petitor bonus).

He headlines an enticing concert full of rock- and folk-influenced musicians who gently (or not-so-gently) court chaos.

Everyone I knew tried to gently or not-so-gently tell me 'this is not a good idea.' Independent games store in 2011.

So the next time someone asks you if you really know what "offsides" means in football, if you're really quoting Proust correctly or if you truly know the person you're dealing with, gently (or not-so-gently) remind your inquisitor that you know your chickens.

In this study, slope was generated using 3D analyst tools and classified as gently sloping or not gently sloping using a slope threshold of 8%.

Remember, if it's not the answer you expected, let them down gently or don't feel too sad.