How To Use Gentleness In A Sentence

But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
Other, roumyng the cities vp and downe and caryeng alway in bottles faire watre and fresshe, if any man be disposed to drinke, vnasked they willingly proffre it him, and refuse not to take, if he for their gentlenesse offre aught vnto them agayn. The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie
There had been a gentleness in Lonnie that was lacking in his twin brother. ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
Finally, we know that Father Doria very likely will not be saved, because he is sadistic, "avaricious" 88, and completely insensible to Guilo's youth, innocence, gentleness, and beauty. The Boy Martyr; Or, Manfresti's Page. A Story of 1567
Doing it all with a gentleness and humanity that does not deserve criticism.

Oman's gentleness can make your home country feel a bit fast and loose. Times, Sunday Times
There was a benignancy, a sweetness of demeanor, which attracted them to him, and while his name may not be sounded in the trump of fame, yet the subtile power of his gentleness and goodness has permeated many lives, will shape many destinies, and will have a force in the history of the world greater than that which will be exerted by many who will succeed him here. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee (A Representative from Virginia) Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-Second Congress, First Session
I do make my complainte, and whether you geue me cause to aduaunce my cries vp into the heauens, your selfe shall be the iudge: for, if like a iudge in deede you doe geue ouer your disordinate affection, I then appeale to the iudgement of your inuincible minde, of late accomplished with all curtesie and gentlenesse. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1
It is almost as if the rarefied air of the Capricorn goatfish actually “needs” the soft gentleness of the Libran. Zolar’s Magick Of Color
But wish what condescension and gentleness is this done! Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
I happened to be exalting my voice to enforce order, I was using undue violence, and setting the girls a bad example by such ungentleness of tone and language.
Englishmen than euer before; so as doubting that hee should neuer by gentlenesse win their good willes, he now determined by a harder measure to meete with them; insomuch that he banished a great number, other some also (not a few) he spoiled of their goods, those especiallie of whom he was in hope to gaine any great portion of substance. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror
benignity" of his expression, and how in him it seemed that "great strength of character and obstinate determination were united with extreme gentleness of disposition and with absolute tenderness towards all about him. Abraham Lincoln
Which since have steaded [378-49] much; so, of his gentleness, Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
The gentleness of the old time was sweet to us both: but we had the wish that my father's extravagant prominency in it might be forgotten. The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete
his fingers have learned gentleness
He values his Jersey dairy herd for its gentleness, as well as the high butterfat and protein.
'You didn't suppose I'd forget you liked muscatels?' inquired Franklin, with a mild and unreproachful gentleness when she exclaimed over the nectarines and grapes. Franklin Kane
MY DEAR FRIEND: Of all the various ingredients that compose the useful and necessary art of pleasing, no one is so effectual and engaging as that gentleness, that 'douceur' of countenance and manner, to which you are no stranger, though (God knows why) a sworn enemy. Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works
I feel my husband's gentleness and love, and that is precious. Times, Sunday Times
He began to comfort me with such unaccustomed gentleness.
A quiet, inoffensive person, she was the essence of gentleness and kindness.
As she prayed her voice seemed to wrap me around with gentleness. Seminary Boy
Oman's gentleness can make your home country feel a bit fast and loose. Times, Sunday Times
The final version of this enigmatic character is in one sense an embodiment of Christian gentleness, but it is a gentleness deeply flawed by lack of self-knowledge, confused desire and passivity – an ironic picture which reflects what some would indeed see as Christlikeness, yet incorporates an oblique recognition of something like a Nietzschean critique of Christianity as dealing in unrealities and depending on the resentment of the weak. Clark Lectures, Trinity College, Cambridge Grace, Necessity and Imagination: Catholic Philosophy and the Twentieth Century Artist Lecture 4: God and the Artist
And so, for the honour of our own, will I judge of every woman for the future, who imitating the rougher manners of men, acts unbeseeming the gentleness of her own sex. Clarissa Harlowe
Buddy's gentleness was almost childlike, verging on the ridiculous -- his doting on dogs and little children, the love letters he had written to his dead wife Momi, his devotion to Stella's ashes and the green flash at sunset, his assiduous attention to his flowers. Beard
His kindness, his gentleness and his intelligence, which she had foolishly deplored as somehow unromantic, now suddenly seemed very appealing and attractive.
Good humour, mutual respect, courtesy, a certain gentleness with people usually does the trick.
The Prince overtook them with rapid strides, and knowing that the power of gentleness is more lasting than that of anger, he suppressed his wrath as he spoke to them, though withal he reproved them sternly. The Fairies and the Christmas Child
And Queen Guenevere held a court of her ladies to pass sentence on Sir Gawain for his ungentleness. Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion
I grant that precaution is necessary in dealing with them," Joan agreed; "but I believe that more satisfactory results can be obtained by treating them with discreet kindness and gentleness. Chapter 7
He had a blend of fierceness he had seldom seen equalled by the best of his tribe and a gentleness seen in some of the teachers who came to his people from the lamaseries to teach the words of Buddha. The Eternal Mercenary
If you personify the fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, goodness, and self-control—everything you do will have a positive impact for God as well as for everyone in your life. Recovering From Religious Abuse
At such times she was very subdued in gentleness and in observance of Mr. Carlisle's pleasure; subdued to a meekness foreign to her natural mood, and which, generally, to tell the truth, was accompanied by a very unwonted sedateness of spirits also; something very like the sedateness of despair. The Old Helmet
The statue has a gentleness, an ambience, a wistful elegance.
Like most males of his caste he had anold fencing scar across one shoulder, a mark of honor, and her small fingers traced its familiar contours with uncharacteristic gentleness. Dwellers in the Crucible
A strange mixture was required then, a blend of aspiration and gentleness.
Glastenburie, was now made bishop of Winchester, a man for his singular bountie, gentlenesse and modestie greatlie beloued of the English. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I.
Oman's gentleness can make your home country feel a bit fast and loose. Times, Sunday Times
They purred with pleasure at his gentleness. Times, Sunday Times
Which since have steaded much; 17 so, of his gentleness, 192 Act I. Scene II
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In it he laid the trap with the same gentleness of handling, locked the chain round one of the trees, and finally slid back the guard which was placed to keep the gin from accidentally catching the arms of him who set it, or, to use the local and better word, "toiled" it. The Woodlanders
Ye have been named wrong, for ye have long been called a gentle knight, and as this day ye have showed me great ungentleness, for ye had almost brought me unto my death. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
In response to a question on the mannerism of good counsel, Faraz Rabbani, a leading scholar of Islam, wrote: "Our age is an age where the Prophetic mercy, gentleness, gradualness, and wisdom need to predominate and condition any "promotion" of both virtue and law. Fahad Faruqui: Outward Appearance vs. Inward Morality: The Hypocrisy Of Misdirected Faith
Kenneth Scott, an emeritus professor of law at Stanford University, recalls Director as a man of gentleness but also a rapier intellect.
Be all ungentleness and harm excluded from the temples of the Household Gods, but be those remembrances admitted with tender encouragement! What Christmas is as we grow older, by Charles Dickens
But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
As the album winds its way down, his role comes to the fore, the gentleness setting the lullabies and chanteys in a peaceful sea for ‘Canopy of Heaven’ and ‘A Fire Under the Stars’.
You must grow in gentleness and grace, in lightness and harmony. Katrinka: The Story of a Russian Child
They moved with the right amount of physical roughness and then gentleness.
Even his wife was surprised, since he had only ever treated her with gentleness.
Westerners have accepted the Japanese selection of the word ‘gentleness’ and have, arbitrarily, without familiarity or regard for the founder's intentions, taken the word in its absolute denotation.
He leaned in towards her, caressing her exposed creamy skin with uncharacteristic gentleness.
I have discovered the joys of younger men, many of whom really appreciate the charms and gentleness of an older lady.
To the end, that as in gentlenesse of minde we conferre with other; so by excellency in good manners, we may shew our selves not inferiour to them. The Decameron
With appropriate physical gentleness, have a poke and a prod and check out the territory.
Be direct by using softness and gentleness when you communicate with your family.
Their gentleness is so absolute, so sweet, that we recognise in it the infancy of that humanity which can remain oppresed by every form of yoke, by every injustice; and the child's love of knowledge is such that it surpasses every The Montessori Method
Which since have steaded much; so, of his gentleness, The Tempest
womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion
If I were quiet at the moment, I was conniving at their disorderly conduct; if, (as was frequently the case,) I happened to be exalting my voice to enforce order, I was using undue violence, and setting the girls a bad example by such ungentleness of tone and language. Agnes Grey
But in contributing new verses and combing through the various contributions which have been made over the years by other writers, it turns out to have a real Native American feel to it, just the gentleness of it, and the reverence for, not America as nation-state "USA!" but more as "mother country," you know, just the idea of loving America. Mike Ragogna: Better Late Than Never: A Conversation With Buffy Sainte-Marie
Prince sang about doves crying; beauty and courage and curiosity and gentleness seemed not to be rare aberrations in the world.
The soft north wind that had greeted the travellers in the early morning, was blowing yet, soft and warm; it flickered the leaves of the oaks and chestnuts with a lazy summer stir; white sails spotted the broad bosom of the Shatemuc and came down with summer gentleness from the upper reaches of the river. The Hills of the Shatemuc
We were brainwashed into seeing qualities like gentleness and sensitivity as negative and weak.
Their gentleness and sagacity, their kindness to their wives and loyalty to their families has been misconstrued.
He began caressing her with a surprising gentleness.
Granted, his character is pathetic, although his hulky good looks and gentleness might have evoked a certain charm.
Gentile, both school and society having the object of educating youth in gentleness towards their surroundings – that is, in respect for objects, buildings, monuments: a really important part of civil education, and one which interested me particularly on account of the Children's The Montessori Method
Sheep remind people of such qualities as timidity, docility and gentleness in Chinese as well as Western culture.
He portrays a sensitivity and gentleness that few actors can accomplish so perfectly.
Gentleness and compassion cannot coexist with aggression and hatred toward others.
Dentists value the oil for its antiseptic qualities and its gentleness to surrounding oral mucous membranes.
Inside the fence, people spoke of solidarity and consensus, of love and gentleness.
Oman's gentleness can make your home country feel a bit fast and loose. Times, Sunday Times
And you can't even have the sense of rigour because rigour is an authoritarian dictum in itself, which rules out other ways of approaching movement, for example perceiving something with gentleness.
When a superior commands with over-much gentleness and circumspection, besides the fact that he compromises his authority and causes it to be slighted, he so attracts and attaches his inferior to himself that often unconsciously he robs God of the devotedness which is His due. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales
I'm trying to find a suitable metaphor for the startling ungentleness with which the world is apparently greeting the triumphant completion of my undergraduate education.
In fact the flugel, though related to the trumpet, reveals its mellow gentleness here, and the clarinet its strident edge. Times, Sunday Times
Yet its gentleness and humanity do not preclude a mule-kick of emotional power.
Oman's gentleness can make your home country feel a bit fast and loose. Times, Sunday Times
He spoke with a timid gentleness of tone, an ingratiatory smile, and an anxious courtesy of manner, all distressingly suggestive of his being accustomed to receive rough answers in exchange for his own politeness from the persons whom he habitually addressed. Armadale
It is all the more unhappy because we see what gentleness, what tact and professionalism he has to bring to the job of minicab driving: dealing with all sorts of obstreperous and difficult customers.
Perceive the meekness and gentleness of the camel's temper, he summon the courage to approach it.
Sir, said Sir Lamorak, now I understand your knighthood, it may not be false that all men say, for of your bounty, noblesse, and worship, of all knights ye are peerless, and for your courtesy and gentleness I showed you ungentleness, and that now me repenteth. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
No one, however, denied that this was a picture of breathtaking quality, a jewel of Renaissance art, whose gentleness and elegance comes down to us undimmed across the centuries.
That gentleness is ever liable to be suspected for the counterfeited, which is so excessive as to deprive people of the proper use of speech and motion, or which, as Hamlet says, makes them lisp and amble, and nick-name God's creatures. Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies
Nonetheless, its gentleness and compassion for its characters make it a very enjoyable and convivial way to spend two hours.
It was the middle of the tourist season, but it still had a calming effect and gentleness compared with the city they had just left.
The truth is, as he was of a most incomparable gentlenesse, application, and even a demisnesse and submissyon to good, and worthy, and intire men, so he was naturally Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles
There's far too little gentleness in the world.
She may have many excellent qualities, and may do much good, but her ungentleness mars the beauty of her character.
His obituarists were unusually free in their eulogies, commending his courtesy and gentleness, his usual mode of addressing an audience as ‘Friends’ and his unfailing kindness.
It is this uncostly gentleness of bearing which gives a winning impression of the whole people, whatever selfishness or real discourtesy lie beneath it. Venetian Life
‘She's still very feminine, enjoying shopping and praising traditional female virtues such as gentleness and love’.
We served together on several oral exam committees, where he exhibited, in his soft Scots burr, gentleness with students as well as a radiant love for theology.
And yet from the beginning of our existence down to a time within the memory of babes England has distressed herself piteously over the ungentleness of our Connecticut Blue Laws. Mark Twain: A Biography
In simplicity, in gentleness, in rectitude, in delicacy of mind, and in all the particulars of what may be termed complexional harmony and healthiness of nature, -- in these they are as much twins as in birth and feature. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England
The wine is brought, and two cuppes withall, as is the vsuall manner: when drinking to them of the one pinte, they pledge him, not unthankfull for his gentlenesse. The Third and Last Part of Conny-Catching. (1592) With the new deuised knauish arte of Foole-taking
At first she thought the hoarse plea had tumbled from her own lips, giving substance to her fears, but as Gerard's powerful hands used all the gentleness at their disposal to coax her knees apart, she realized the entreaty was his own, offered without a trace of apology. Thief Of Hearts
But he was gentleness and kindness personified away from it. Times, Sunday Times
An aesthetic sensibility encourages a child to look for harmony, colour and gentleness all around.
The intended spirit of the ancient festival is one of gentleness and thankfulness, paying respect to elders and showing appreciation for the gift of life-giving water.
The warmth and gentleness coaxed her surrender, subduing her inner turmoil and replacing it with something that was infinitely more disturbing.
He has excellent sense for every one but himself, and, as I have seen him with a single exception, a gentleness, propriety, and considerateness of manner surprising in any man, but especially so in a man associating only with the rough men of the A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
The lion symbolizes strength, the lamb symbolizes gentleness.
From being merely awkward, he at last became uncouth; but from the natural goodness of his heart, the nearest to him soon lost sight of his ungentleness from the rectitude of his intentions, and, to parody the poet, saw his deportment in his feelings. Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe — Volume 7
And stranger than all was that, now that he did see that she was lost in love of him, there came to him, not sorrow and humility and abasement, but something else that he struggled in vain against -- something entirely strange and new, that, had he analysed it, he would have found to be petulance and irritation and resentment and ungentleness. Widdershins
Oman's gentleness can make your home country feel a bit fast and loose. Times, Sunday Times
He had been hard and ungentle with her, true; but there was another kind of strength in him, another kind of understanding, and underneath it all, another kind of gentleness and kindliness.
Oman's gentleness can make your home country feel a bit fast and loose. Times, Sunday Times
McGann specialises in playing sensitive souls, whose gentleness and vulnerability attract women with effortless ease.
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His quick imagination, his keen humor, and his gentleness made his visits occasions for celebration.
And for many a day the young lady, scared at least out of a portion of her young ladyhood, bore on her arms and shoulders and wrists divers black-and-blue bruises – tokens of caresses which he had bestowed in all fond gentleness but too late at night. When the World Was Young
However – does gentleness inevitably entail self-abnegation? Not Ugly Betty « Tales from the Reading Room
This lends itself to gentleness, patience, and care for the marginalized. Christianity Today
We were lonely children—a little kindness and gentleness wouldn't have hurt our dancing.
Training them is all done through patience, gentleness and gifts of food. Times, Sunday Times
the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears
Gray-haired, with a sculpted face and an authoritative, courtly Fred Thompson voice, he has the bearing of an elder statesman, tempered by a certain gentleness. Lifting the Bamboo Curtain
As she prayed her voice seemed to wrap me around with gentleness. Seminary Boy
In simplicity, in gentleness, in rectitude, in delicacy of mind, and in all the particulars of what may be termed complexional harmony and healthiness of nature, ” in these they are as much twins as in birth and feature. Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters
The gentleness of English civilisation is mixed up with barbarities and anachronisms.
In fact, they were treated with the same gentleness that all the Mudejares who had been defeated, in successive campaigns, were always treated by the Christian victors.
His camera portrays its exanimate victims with the gentleness of one who understands and perhaps envies the escape they've made.
In appearance the guanaco is the personification of gentleness. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations
With appropriate physical gentleness, have a poke and a prod and check out the territory.
Approach your beloved with the gentleness and patience of a green turtle. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps the quadruple prepositional phrases, which delay the word gentleness from being connected with murder. Archive 2009-02-01
The "Cours d'Amour, parlemens d'amour, ou de courtoisie et de gentilesse" had much more of love than of courtesy or gentleness. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2
But with patience and gentleness, you and your boyfriend can overcome this together. The Sun
He was attracted by the simplicity of the French poet, his love for genre subjects, his gentleness of spirit.
Its wisdom and gentleness were sorely needed in 1984, when the film was made.
For over ten years his pastoral work was always marked by gentleness, thoughtfulness and sensitivity, especially to those in trouble.
The ungentleness associated with the act of throwing something as precious as a heart to someone as opposed to ‘giving’, also matches the mood and tone.
From olden times the principle of gentleness has been symbolized by a willow branch or a bamboo, which is pliant and not easily broken.
He was a mixture of fierce intelligence, humility and gentleness. Times, Sunday Times
In all the long course of his dealing with the life of English society, I can think of but two or three instances of ungentleness.
Yet off the field he has a softness of voice and gentleness about him that are striking. Times, Sunday Times
His gentleness, diffidence, enthusiasm, his sense of fun, his quietly mocking spirit enslaved everyone.
In fact, he used his supposed elephantine hide to conceal a gentleness and a forbearance that allowed corrigible error and a toughness that demanded quality at all times from the scientists he corrected.
At the age of 93, the late Dominic was the oldest man in the parish, he was a diligent farmer, an astute stockman and his long life was a model of gentleness and quiet respectability.
He contrasted her brashness unfavourably with his mother's gentleness.
Although that I must needes confesse (to my shame) that I haue receiued marueilous assaultes of loue, not onely for the common renowme of your vertues, and through the curtesie and gentlenesse dayly imparted to me by your letters, but specially by your presence, whiche hath yelded vnto me experience and assuraunce of that, whiche all the letters of the world could not do, nor all other messages were not able to conceiue. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1
How shall we looke for better dealing at their hands hereafter, that in the beginning deale so vncourteouslie with vs: since there is no man that taketh so much as a wild beast, but at the first he will cherish it, and with some gentlenesse win it to familiaritie? Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (4 of 8) The Fovrth Booke Of The Historie Of England
And little could she comfort herself with the thought that it was not his real self, for she remembered his gentleness and considerateness, all his finenesses of the past. CHAPTER XII
All who worked with her raved about her kindness and gentleness. Times, Sunday Times
They purred with pleasure at his gentleness. Times, Sunday Times
She uttered solicitous cries, and, as Michael strove to rise on his ruined foreleg, scolded him with sharp gentleness and with her arms tried to hold him away from the battle. CHAPTER XXIX
Prince sang about doves crying; beauty and courage and curiosity and gentleness seemed not to be rare aberrations in the world.
She took his great toil-worn hand, and her hot tears fell on it, for his gentleness, his benignancy, had touched her deeply. The Valley of the Giants
Darwin confessed toward the end of his life that he had lost his interest in art, in literature, and in music, of which he was once so fond, but Darwin never lost his intellectual humility or gentleness and sweetness of soul, or grew weary in the pursuit of truth for its own sake. In the Noon of Science
Judo, the way of gentleness and pliancy, is one such path.
For all his gentleness, he does have a bit of bite from time to time.
There are incredible details in his mazurkas, and he has found how to make them doubly interesting by playing them with the utmost degree of gentleness, with a superlative softness.
Thus the gouernement of this prince at the beginning was nothing bitter or heauie to his subiects, but full of gentlenesse, lenitie, courtesie, and mildnes. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne

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