Sentence examples similar to raise gently from inspiring English sources

A mouse was placed onto a horizontally positioned wood pole (2 cm in diameter and 50 cm long), and the pole was raised gently and slowly to a 90° position.

But he stressed that the Bank still expected to raise rates gently within the foreseeable future.

He wanted to stress that the Bank still expected to "normalise" interest rates, or raise them gently, within the foreseeable future.

But at this point, whether the Fed raises rates gently or aggressively is likely to be moot in the long run.

A victorious competition scheme late last year for the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (their entry defeated those by Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Jean Nouvel and Diller Scofidio & Renfro) raises the gently undulating floor slab so that people wander beneath it to find the central entryway.

Bring your hand up in the air and when your date raises theirs, gently place your palms together, comparing the sizes.

Now, he tells me, he knows how to raise the subject gently: show her my article.

If you raise your hand gently, she will fly higher; lower your hand and she will follow your lead.

If you suspect a friend has an eating disorder and you want to help, you'll need to raise the subject gently.

Perhaps, you could gently raise the possibility of her talking to a counselor or therapist to resolve some of the unresolved issues that are making her unhappy.

Jamie Brooks, manager of 350 Bay Area's Beyond the Pump campaign, said the goal is to shift the social context for consumers and gently raise awareness.