Example Sentences

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We've learned much; civilization has gentled us: We've learned to take the dying and the wounds without the wars.

From Time Magazine Archive

“No, Empress. Not as we understand the word. But he knows her, and she has gentled him, that’s true, and I don’t think he poses any danger to her—as long as I’m here.”

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

"If I am gentle, Sire, it is trouble that has gentled me, who have suffered so much, and know not even now whether after one week of marriage I am wife or widow."

From The Lady of Blossholme by Haggard, Henry Rider

He has gentled that hawss Pedro he bought with his first money.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen