Sentence examples for knocking gently from inspiring English sources

Or: who, in the morning, is like, knocking gently on someone else's bedroom – hey, man, hey my guy: mind if you put that wank on pause for a hot sec while I make some coffee in the flat's only kitchen, i.e. your bedroom?

My mother would sometimes come up to check on me; she would knock gently, ask if I wanted a snack.

Just as this generation has been wired unlike any other, its ranks are also filled with those who have never heard the buzz of an alarm clock (none was necessary if a parent was willing to knock gently each morning) or who have been so over-scheduled they wouldn't recognize a wide-open day on an iPhone calendar.

Seen mostly on the second floor, he knocks gently and announces his purpose.

Opportunity sometimes knocks gently and does not wait for perfect timing.

You block the miracle if you don't: Opportunity sometimes knocks gently and does not wait for perfect timing.

But meditation works slowly and this tsunami of love and attachment doesn't knock gently at the front door.

"I have learned that, to gain access to the Brazilian people, it is necessary to pass through their great heart, so let me knock gently at this door," Francis said.

If you have to use the toilet, knock gently on the stall and ask if you can use it after they're finished.

If her future sister-in-law modernized, to a certain extent, the royal image by knocking it gently off its pedestal, Ms. Markle has the opportunity and, apparently, the aegis, to take it further.

Giles flights one down and Bravo knocks it gently between mid on and square leg.