Sentence examples for gently to put from inspiring English sources

He stood behind him, supportive but in the shadows, and when the tears came, he moved gently to put his right hand on his son's left shoulder.

The Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr., the church's minister, had to prod him gently to put his microphone away and pick up his famous horn.

Our expedition guides would gently remind us to put down the cameras and soak it all in with our own eyes.

Gently use your thumbs to put pressure on the other person's palm.

You will need to uncurl your baby's foot gently before you begin to put the shoe on.

It was, to put it gently, unpopular.

Well, how to put this gently.... Why?

Americans are, to put it gently, a self-absorbed people.

To put it gently, that is a matter of interpretation.

But ensemble playing was scrappy throughout, to put it gently.

To posit that life is like a game is, to put it gently, hardly original.