ungentle
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In many respects what we’re looking at is the ungentle amortization of Toyota’s last-generation global EV technology, rather than the next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
To understand that difference, rent Eliza Hittman's ungentle and gray indie drama "Never Rarely Sometimes Always," which depicts how much more grueling a much-shorter interstate journey can be for women of very little means.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2020
So on, indeed, for many years, with the two gentlemen pursuing their ungentle quarrel in magazines, television studios, and courtrooms, as “Best of Enemies” chronicles.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 31, 2015
She was the apotheosis of the awkward age, and an ungentle reminder that it may last from 8 to 80.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am a shieldmaiden and my hand is ungentle.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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