Here you'll find 20 real example sentences with Gently, the meaning and synonyms like lightly.
Gently in a sentence
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Gently meaning
- In a manner characterized by gentleness
- Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
Synonyms of Gently
Example sentences (20)
Part woodland and part parkland, the park sits on a gently sloping hillside with glorious views of the North Downs.
Simple in design, this pared back bra has an almost seamless design that gently moulds to the contours of the body.
Then, use a vacuum cleaner with a brush attachment to gently brush away any dust or crumbs from the speaker holes.
Insert the paperclip into the small hole next to the SIM tray and gently but firmly push until the tray pops out.
Start gently if you are unused to this type of exercise, but aim to make it a habit into the new year and beyond.
Diana Moyer cradled her newborn son, Atticus Lee Moyer, in the crook of her arm, gently patting his bottom as he cooed.
Posting a video of the hair that had fallen out, she wrote: ‘The reality when I gently comb’, with a broken heart emoji.
Sarah added: “She gently guided us and reassured us and did everything she could just to make it as painless as possible.
He not only obliges us, he gently and lovingly holds both of our hands as we pose for a historic photograph.
If you find yourself sweating anyway, Claghorn said to immediately use a cloth to gently dab the sweat away.
But with the alarm clock, I could set it to a radio station and it would gently play this until I woke up.
Although this step is a minor inconvenience, handwashing allows you to gently clean the pan to preserve the nonstick coating.
At one point I was gently paddling downstream by myself in the kayak but suddenly saw one of our storage containers float by.
Start by lightly dampening the cloth with water and use it to gently wipe down the exterior of your iPad.
Challenging our search for love, it might leave you lovingly dazed from exposure and gently, violently composing realizations.
There is nothing better than waking up on December 25 to snowflakes falling gently outside your window.
Place biscuits, gently touching, on a greased cast iron skillet and bake for approximately 15 minutes.
Then, use a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol to gently wipe the keys and surface of the keyboard.
Door seals can be a great place for mould to hide, so gently pulling back the rubber flaps can unveil anything which is stuck in it.
And with 62,000 bristle movements per minute, it removes 20 times more plaque by gently pulsing fluid between the teeth and gum line.
Common combinations with gently
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and gently 20×
- to gently 19×
- gently and 8×
- gently with 6×
- gently to 5×
- by gently 5×
- was gently 5×
- gently into 5×
- then gently 4×
- so gently 4×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word gently. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.