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

"Yer a stranger here, are ye not?" he asked not ungently.

From The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)

And many of them, if ungently handled, availed of swift currents to thresh themselves free.

From The Book of the National Parks by Yard, Robert Sterling

Some one spoke to her, not ungently, and she looked up.

From The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Balch, Frederic Homer

The door swung wide, not ungently, before Christian flushed and breathless, and a flash of broad day framed with him.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence