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Example sentences for "said gently"

  • I should like to tell you about Hallin," he said gently.

  • We could not be anything but friends," he said gently, but with astonishing difficulty; and then could find nothing more to say.

  • But tell me about your plan," he said gently, "if you will.

  • My dear," he said gently, "have you no wishes upon the subject?

  • I don't mind your knowing, dear," he said gently.

  • To leave your people," he said gently, "I know how hard it is.

  • Very bad news, Lylda, we know," he said gently.

  • You are very fine, little mother of my son," he said gently, lapsing for a moment into her own style of speech.

  • It seems to me there's only one way out, Boney," he said gently.

  • One must be fair, Miss Waring," he said gently.

  • I will wait for you to tell me," he said gently.

  • Come," he said gently; "I have booked for London.

  • I would not grant you the respite, were I not so sure of the outcome," he said gently, but there was a thrill of triumph in the tones.

  • And, incredulous eyes on Judith's set face, he said gently: "I was on the ranch when the accident happened.

  • That's like the old Dick Farris I used to know," he said gently.

  • Stick around a wee bit, laddie," he said gently, a lean brown hand resting lightly on the boy's square shoulder.

  • Yes, Lucia," he said gently; "after ten years.

  • Poor Flossie," he said gently; and there was a pause during which Flossie looked more demure than ever after her little outburst.

  • And I must ask you to forgive me," he said gently.

  • O Bucongo," he said gently, "in the river lands are many beasts.

  • I'm sorry for you, Ernestine," he said gently.

  • And there was something else, Ygerne," he said gently.

  • I would do anything for you that you would let me and that I could do, Ernestine," he said gently.

  • Jenkins," I said gently, "I know, because it so happens I was here all the time.

  • See for yourself, old chap," I said gently.

  • Your affection for Mr. Eltinge," he said gently, "is as beautiful as it is natural.

  • We'll understand each other eventually," he said gently.

  • What should induce him, Elfie," he said gently, "to do such a thing for people who had displeased him?

  • You are weary and spent," he said gently, repossessing himself of one of her hands.

  • You may take me where you will, Elfie," he said gently.

  • I am not surprised," he said gently, "to find you suffering.

  • Sit down, Christine," he said gently, "I am not ready to begin yet.

  • Joan," he said gently, "you must tell me everything you remember about your mother and your father and your uncle.

  • You look like a sad little brown thrush," he said gently.

  • Because you're like one," he said gently.

  • I liked to think I was helping you rest," he said gently.

  • The rainbow colors of promise," he said gently as he drew closer.

  • You know why I came," he said gently, with his eyes on my face.

  • I hoped when I left Boston that you would return with me," he said gently, "but I can't ask you to leave this.

  • But," he said gently, "you could not know.

  • Carl blames no one but himself," he said gently.

  • Carl," he said gently, "you've got to pull up.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "said gently" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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