When he does, here is a gentleness in his voice, a reflective and lovely quality that no movie he has been in has ever captured.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I wanted to somehow plug into it with gentleness and love, because those are things I feel comfortable with.
The Casual Genius of Jenny Slate: ‘Marcel the Shell,’ ‘Obvious Child,’ and the Ghost of ‘SNL’|Kevin Fallon|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His brown eyes were penetrating yet peaceful, and he immediately disarmed my nervousness with his gentleness.
When Gary Wright Met George Harrison: Dream Weaver, John and Yoko, and More|Gary Wright|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His body has an even grace, his face a restless eagerness, and a gentleness, not to be confused with ‘niceness,’ is his manner.
The Stacks: Grateful Dead I Have Known|Ed McClanahan|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I dreaded to hear what he was going to say, but he spoke with the same simplicity and gentleness.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He has seemed to change his nature, and is all love and gentleness.
Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson
The winning expression of innocence and gentleness in her mild, childish eyes particularly struck him.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869|Various
I am obliged to you for the gentleness and moderation of your dun, considering how long I have been your debtor.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims|Andrew Steinmetz
Pedro gladly went, and all that day tried ineffectually to conciliate the angry man by patience, gentleness, and obedience.
The White Shield|Myrtle Reed
With gentleness and tenderness there must go dauntless bravery and grim acceptance of labor and hardship and peril.
Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt
gentleness
/ (ˈdʒɛntəlnɪs) /
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noun
the quality of being gentle
physicsa property of elementary particles, conserved in certain strong interactionsSee also charm 1 (def. 7)
Words nearby gentleness
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