Sentence examples for intimate gently from inspiring English sources

And over the years he has developed and sustained a remarkably distinctive narrative tone: calm, wry, intimate, gently interrogative.

The works that great composers have written to assuage suffering are miraculously varied, from the poignantly intimate, gently sad choral work "Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross," by the German Baroque composer Heinrich Schütz, to the gargantuan wail of abject loss and defiant affirmation that is Verdi's Requiem.

Given Claire's preening egoism and tendency to denigrate her intimates gently, it's a safe bet that the role will not prove a stretch.

Set in an impossibly poetic position overlooking the Bay of Tunis, it is quietly upmarket, but decidedly local, with an interior that honours the traditional village house's intricate, intimate layout, gently pushing its straightforward vernacular into a textured modernism.

Sometimes, you will want to stare into your date's eyes for four minutes; your date will gently intimate that this is probably not a great idea.

For the more intimate moment, consider gently rubbing your thumb across the back of his hand.

A Berber camel driver in the Moroccan Sahara watched me faffing and then gently intimated that packing is the art of putting like with like: plastic, paper and fabrics with their own kind.

Souad Massi Deb (Heart Broken) (2003) When Souad Massi first moved from Algeria to France, she sounded like an exquisite folk-club diva, singing gently sad-edged, intimate ballads.

Its substance was classic Hank (opening line: "Time after time you've proven untrue"), and its country-waltz setting was easeful and fine, a natural showcase for Ms. Jones and her gently aerated, coolly intimate style.

With its view of the Manhattan skyline and its live, intimate acoustics, this barge floating gently on the East River is one of the finest places in the city to hear solo and chamber music.

Unlike Muddy Waters's aggressively barking version, Mr. Rawls's "Hoochie Coochie Man" is gently lubricious and almost intimate.