as in kindness
the quality of having a generally kind and agreeable manner
The students quickly learned that despite their new teacher's gentleness, good grades had to be earned through hard work.
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Recent Examples of gentleness
From Deadwood to Gone Girl, Sons of Anarchy to Briarpatch, Treme to Friday Night Lights, Dickens has long been a character actor who can, as Billie Eilish would say, hit hard and soft, exuding both soothing gentleness and no-nonsense authority.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2025
Breaking The Barrier Of Your Comfort Zone While the soft life promotes ease and gentleness, another important reminder is that true growth often happens outside your comfort zone.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The drugstore diamond’s Sensitive Skin Body Wash is a go-to for dermatologists and editors alike, thanks to its supreme gentleness and reliably thorough cleanse.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 20 Mar. 2025
But in ice sheets, the gentleness of the collisions preserved many more quantities.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2025
Breaking The Barrier Of Your Comfort Zone While the soft life promotes ease and gentleness, another important reminder is that true growth often happens outside your comfort zone.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The drugstore diamond’s Sensitive Skin Body Wash is a go-to for dermatologists and editors alike, thanks to its supreme gentleness and reliably thorough cleanse.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 20 Mar. 2025
But in ice sheets, the gentleness of the collisions preserved many more quantities.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentleness
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Having a solid structure in place can allow kindness to thrive without compromising the performance of your team or operations.—
Roxana Diaconu,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Your loving kindness stays with me.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The addition of classic solar notes like benzoin, vanilla orchid, and amber woods ensures the sugary sweetness never becomes too sweet or headache-inducing.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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This is a rich, almost chewy, Old Fashioned variation where the salinity of the beef fat meets the sweetness of the maple syrup and subtle chocolate undertone.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Thirty-three states have enacted legislation regarding school cellphone usage amid a growing push to restrict students’ smartphone access in schools, primarily due to mental health and concerns about academic attentiveness.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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This helps replicate the attentiveness of an in-store associate at scale.—
Charisma Glassman,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Her patience is tested when Cliff obnoxiously tries to guess the name of her daughter — Dominique?—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Dating apps taught us that people are swipeable and replaceable, eroding the patience needed for real connections.—
Curt Steinhorst,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Citizens, environmental groups and tribal stakeholders are demoralized by this and the prioritization of industrial logging, embrace of pseudoscience, non-transparency, poor responsiveness to public and expert comments, and meetings held while stakeholders are at work.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, playful responsiveness stimulates the vagus nerve, a key part of the parasympathetic nervous system linked to relaxation and safety.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The people who know Apatow best will tell you that his willingness to burn bridges is legendary in comic circles.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Bodybuilding has taught me that revision isn’t inherently bad; there is power and freedom in one’s willingness to change.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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The decision of which strategy to pursue is influenced by factors such as the company’s vision and mission, available resources, risk tolerance, competitive and growth strategies, market scale, and the intensity of competition.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Keep in mind that handles and lids may have lower heat tolerances than the pan itself.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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Cobb said the generosity of her unsung heroes, who were on the street trying to survive, has remained with her.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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One production that made full use of the Basque country’s generosity is one of San Sebastian’s in competition titles Maspalomas, co-directed by Basque filmmakers Jose Mari Goenaga and the Goya Award-winning Aitor Arregi.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Gentleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentleness. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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