Sentence examples for gently picks from inspiring English sources

And, of course, the diction gently picks up the Biblical thread of the reference to Jacob and Esau, a story that begins with a father's blessing.

The cabby bends down in front of his cab and gently picks up a newborn bird that has fallen from its nest.

Mr. Trier shares this new love with unembarrassed tenderness and an attentive hand-held camera, and then, with equal economy, gently picks through its remains after Phillip's breakdown.

The Tokyo team's robot, like several others, gently picks up objects using suction, in this case generated by a pair of commercial vacuum cleaners strapped to the side of the robot.

The rake, designed to be the harbor's equivalent of a city street sweeper, is an 18-foot boat with a conveyor belt on the bow that gently picks up trash and then deposits it into a large bin.

Annoyed at first for being interrupted, Anick, 15, gently picks up her daughter and starts humming a sweet song in Kirundi, her native language.

Mr. Van gently picked up his wife and placed her in the cart.

She stirred and I gently picked her up; she was cold but responsive.

With his thumb and forefinger, the Mets' right-hander gently picked up a shoe.

"He was sleeping in the corner of the garden, and I just gently picked him up," Mr. McKosky said.

Then Kim's bodyguard gently picked her up and placed her on a table, so everybody could see Kim.