Sentence examples for gently resisted from inspiring English sources
He gently resisted, but the woman finally got the shirt from him and pulled it on.
Nonetheless, Maupin has for many years gently resisted the designation "gay writer", wary of the literary ghettoisation that it can bring.
Gunn, for his part, gently resists the idea that these songs are "about" anything in a literal sense.
Gently resist the reflex to jump up and get busy with something.... Just sit, relax and watch.
Cranston, who gently resists his father's blandishments, said, "I try to remember the good stuff — him coaching my Little League team, or putting up the Christmas lights together".
Ms. Womack was committed to the heavy mood: She couldn't resist gently undermining her most optimistic song, "I Found It in You," which she said made her think how she feels about her husband, though "I don't like to tell him that kind of stuff, 'cause then he thinks he's got me wrapped".
Strangely, at first Jonathan resisted the idea of this commission, but it was a gently irreverent, charming and wistful tribute.
When diners resist, servers gently nudge them to succumb.
Not so LeSueur, whom we often see baiting O'Hara, goading him to be critical; but O'Hara, resisting LeSueur, "gently puts me in my place".
At a meeting in June, the teenage girls gently teased younger sisters, mothers prodded finicky daughters to eat and some youngsters resisted participation in activities they perceived as babyish.
