Example Sentences
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The Hound pulled her to her feet, not ungently.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Remorse stirred his boots more ungently than before.
From The Magic City by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)
"You had better go to your room," he said, coldly but not ungently.
From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.
He took her hand, not ungently, and presently they found themselves on the other side of the fence surrounding the field.
From Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
Nicodemus went to the bunk and shook the occupant ungently.
From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West
