Sentence examples for gently to be from inspiring English sources

Although they are more than 40 feet long, they oblige whale-watchers by raising their snouts very gently to be kissed.

She seems, gently, to be hinting at some deeper, more psycho-therapeutic questions, about how we cope with the more disturbing sides of ourselves.

Before exposure to solutions, one side of Portland cements tubes in each group was polished and cleaned gently to be ready for microhardness test.

Burchill, who is now married to Daniel Raven, gently asked to be left alone to grieve.

Although I shouldn't have, I touched it, very gently, perhaps to be sure it was real.

I didn't realize it, but they were gently pushing me to be more.

For the umpteenth time, he gently asked Alexie to be serious for a moment.

Some need to be gently led along the way.

Generally, though, it is intriguing to be gently questioned about what reading is and should be.

The elder seems to be gently and a little anxiously restraining the younger.

Fashionably scuffed dressers or jeans are said to be "gently distressed".