Sentence examples for had been softly from inspiring English sources
I had been writing invitations to Mary's and my engagement ceremony, the following week, while Sherlock Holmes had been softly practicing on his violin.
In the book, they were neat, fluffy little things, their edges prettily scalloped where their muffin cases had been softly peeled away.
In the next room extravagantly polished pink marble is curvaceously carved to look as if it, too, had been softly stretched and probed, leaving smooth hollows on the sides and a hole in the center between fine liplike curves.
But my favorite is blocks that have been softly cut back with a gentle curve, so they look like giant stone pillows.
While the earliest known stag film has been softly dated to 1915, no one knows when the genre really originated.
Turning up the Stravinsky score that had been playing softly in the background, he said, smiling, "Listen, here come the chickens".
When Ms. Boyd and her brother moved away, seeking out an airline agent and asking her to call security, Mr. Alexis, who had been speaking softly, grew belligerent and began shouting obscenities, she said.
Yet, since he assumed the captain's job last summer, the idea of playing doubles had been bouncing softly around McEnroe's head like one of his legendary touch volleys.
That's why most of the bunk beds had holes dug out of the mattress some carved decades prior and had been loved softly and/or violently by an entire horde of teenage boys.
That's why most of the bunk beds had holes dug out of the mattress – some carved decades prior – and had been loved softly and/or violently by an entire horde of teenage boys.
