How to Use gentleness in a Sentence

gentleness

noun

• For the first time in the entire trip, a gentleness fell over us.
  — Anne Slowey, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2018
• Their gentleness with the kids who wanted to speak up, who are now adults.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• Inside, there was that core of love and grace and gentleness.
  — William Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2018
• There was some much needed gentleness and hope in her voice, and also in the clothes that came down the runway.
  — Sara Radin, Teen Vogue, 9 Sep. 2019
• Friends spoke of her rare gentleness, openness to the world and genuine love of people.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2021
• But the show is for children, and for them, the pacing and gentleness is an excellent fit.
  — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2018
• In the fall of 2020, Kevin Thompson delivered a sermon about the gentleness of God.
  — New York Times, 9 May 2022
• And maybe, in this hyped up, more-faster-now world, a little gentleness can change your life after all.
  — Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2019
• Julie Flett’s dark-toned drawings capture the gentleness of the story.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2019
• Or when bass-baritone Dashon Burton sang of death with both strength and gentleness.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2019
• There was always a gentleness to him, but also a sassy sense of humor.
  — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• While there were some big, bold lines in the stormy first movement, there was disarming gentleness in the Andante.
  — Rob Hubbard, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
• So much of that gentleness has been missing from our world lately.
  — Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2021
• Many people who saw the video were struck by the gentleness of that redirection.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• While your skin is sunburned, gentleness is key in all your treatments.
  — Amber Rambharose, Glamour, 26 May 2021
• As a counterbalance to their harsh day, allow your kids the gentleness of a hug or cuddle.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
• In a scene that prizes gentleness in male idols and where plastic surgery is ubiquitous, the subject was potent.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2019
• Lifting them out of the ground requires some gentleness to avoid damaging them.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023
• Mary's kindness, gentleness and faith were evident to all who knew her.
  — courant.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• In some not-quite-definable way, the film itself is all of a piece with Rogers’s principled gentleness.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2018
• There’s something about Melanie that is very gentle, but there’s pointy edges under that gentleness.
  — Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2022
• Be sensitive and kind to your sweetie and that gentleness will be returned.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2019
• At the base of the Subway Chair, a slope labeled green for its gentleness is a 10-year-old boy and student of a nearby elementary school.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
• Alex is exactly right that the gentleness factor of some of our guests has paid off really well.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2022
• This helps us to understand them with compassion and gentleness, letting go of that which does not serve us.
  — Jodie Layne, Teen Vogue, 3 July 2018
• It’s a Sin hits eachs of these motifs with finesse, comedy, gentleness, and guts.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2021
• Seyfried and Kyles are exemplary, maintaining a tone of quiet gentleness even when their hearts are breaking a little for the man of the cloth in their midst.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
• The two dogs exhibited a gentleness to all who approached them.
  — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 24 July 2017
• Is their impact on my speech rooted in their gentleness, their patience?
  — Rachel Hoge, The Cut, 8 Feb. 2018
• The dominating feeling is one of gentleness, grace, and care.
  — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024