Example Sentences

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Coconut milk gentles the green-chile heat in the thick, creamy sauce.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2017

Mallory Ortberg: That’s all for this week, gentles.

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2016

Saturday's conditions at Whistling Straits led to outstanding scores, as gentles breezes off Lake Michigan, combined with greens that Phil Mickelson described as "pristine, beautiful, large and receptive," produced a festival of birdies.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2015

His wife gentles the vice president into letting her take over her husband's job, then draws him into helping her replace $9,000 her husband has stolen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Where there are gentles there are aye aff-fa'in's.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander