Sentence examples for gently understood from inspiring English sources

This man's failure of resolve, gently understood by the director, is the political consequence of a dulled life in England and of a fleeting and parasitic job as a TV-news journalist.

A few minutes later, the columnist James Reston, who was a friend of Kissinger's, padded up to my desk and asked, gently, if I understood that "Henry" was serious about resigning.

You know this?" I gently told him I understood and gave him my money.

Sonny Mehta, who has headed Knopf since 1987, said in an interview that Mr. Green had "gently" helped him understand Knopf's culture, calling him "the link with the past".

He says that last loaded word gently; for Millar understands how the commitment of Kimmage and David Walsh, who stood up to Armstrong, is fuelled by terrible pain and injustice.

If she wants to avoid punishment and is easily deterred by the threat, gently help her understand that her actions will lead to unpleasant results.

This distinction was important, and I needed to make sure, gently but unequivocally, that they understood.

Scott Stevens sidled up to Colin White on the Devils' flight home early today and gently told him that he understood.

This is not the chest-beating, public declaration of protest as commonly understood, but a gently recalcitrant act against the confines of the daily grind.

Emphasising the innocence of the times, Gently had to ask one witness whether they understood the term "paedophile".

But it's quietly understood that they're there to gently destroy us.