Sentence examples for is only gently from inspiring English sources

Because many families have only one or two children, she said, the clothing is only gently used.

The chances of this happening are massively reduced already by melting it with butter, but make sure anyway that the water underneath is only gently simmering.

The squamosal's lateral margin is only gently convex, unlike the prominent crescentic profile seen in many Triceratops specimens (e.g., YPM 1822).

While Greek drama is being staged with urgent modern meanings, an elderly Shakespeare production is being only gently stirred.

The result is a show that's only gently amusing but, as Smith gets on with singing the songs, offers something else instead of laughter: an understated account of the solace songs offer us, and of the way our favourite artists soundtrack our lives.

The modest-sized greens are only gently undulating but drop-offs and deep pot bunkers call for accuracy.

Many of the site's offerings are only gently used, and if you end up with an item you don't like, so what?

In this group, rats between the ages of 8 and 21 days were separated from their mothers for periods of time equal to the corresponding maternal separation in CI rats, but they were only gently held and touched on the perineal area.

It is only when physicians gently inquire (often avoiding the word "hallucination") that people feel free to admit seeing things that are not there — despite their blindness.

"If you think hundreds of raped children and necrophilia is anything, that again is only the surface," he began, gently feeling his way into the swing of things.

These sections are only ever gently challenging, just enough to cleanse the palate.