Sentence examples for more like gently from inspiring English sources

The effect of the bend in the entrance steps, and its echoing ripple across the plaza, was to make approaching from the intersection less like taking another staircase in a city full of them, and more like gently descending the side of a giant boulder, like those in nearby Central Park — a piece of architectural geology.

It's not quite falling on my sword, more like leaning gently on a butter knife.

Next thing I knew, these very kind nurses -- more like angels -- gently woke me and asked if I'd like some coffee and graham crackers.

On the sunny corner with Mills stood Simon, a bald, big-featured, unprepossessing man who looks more like hired muscle going gently to pot than the most critically acclaimed writer-producer working in television today.

While Martha Stewart Living's October cover touts an article about how to carve pumpkin chandeliers, Self is praising thin thighs and Marie Claire is screaming "Men Confess: What Makes A Woman Irresistible," O sounds more like Obi-Wan Kenobi, gently suggesting "Trust Yourself: The Truth Is In There".

"Astral Weeks" has eight songs, though really it sounds like many more small explosions gently blended together.

Once more, mix gently.

Instead the "marsogram" looks much more like the record of a deep hum, which gently increases in amplitude over the course of five minutes, only to slowly decay over a similar time interval (see Figure 2).

Tug the loops apart gently so that it looks more like a bow.

In fact, it is more like the escarpment of a giant plateau, formed of gently rolling hills, which slopes imperceptibly down to the western plains.

I thought of the sort of broad patience that you need to be a parent, waiting gently for your child to become more like you.