Sentence examples for gently playful from inspiring English sources
The freestanding structure, designed with Arup, the structural engineers, is both gently playful, complex and impressive.
This dramatic opening is soon contrasted with a more gently playful theme for woodwinds and low strings in the second movement.
As in "Magic Mike," he takes his characters seriously, so there's never a moment in which it feels as if he's condescending to them, even while he manages to be gently playful about their world.
In this picture, he was after what he called a "synthesis of urban architecture and pictorial architecture," the synthesis being what his subtle, gently playful, infinitely resourceful intelligence did with what his eye took in.
Among the soloists, Lenore Pavlakos looked vulnerable as a woman waltzing in and out of love; Tanya Wideman was gently playful in her allegros; Caroline Rocher was mysterious as what might have been an angelic guide; and Donald Williams and James Washington partnered the women in brief and unhappy romantic encounters.
The cast is praised as being "earnest" and "gently playful".
The concert opened with the Allegretto from Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2, which begins in a gently satirical, playful mode and quickly increases in turbulent intensity.
"Hugo" is superbly playful.
The menu is similarly playful.
