Gentler
[ˈdʒɛntlɚ(r)]
Examples
- Every vestige of the gentler thoughts which had filled her mind hardly a minute since seemed to be swept from it now. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am going, she said again, in a gentler voice, to be married to him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It is impossible to be gentler, Herbert. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- When I wander, her gentler spirit ever restores me, and keeps before my eyes the Christian calling and mission of our race. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Nothing in her cherished affection in me, made me better, gentler; she only stirred my brain and whetted my acuteness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It lay there, warming into life a crowd of gentler thoughts; and she rested. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- There was abundant place for gentler fancies too, in her untutored mind. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The change of scene operated to a great degree as I expected; after a year's absence, Perdita returned in gentler and more docile mood to Windsor. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We are all gentler now because we are beaten. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Her face is rather thin and pale just now, with watching and anxiety, but I like to look at it, for it has grown gentler, and her voice is lower. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Alone he was much gentler. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But her earnest cordiality, and her quiet beauty, shone with the gentler lustre for it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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