For organizers faced with the unbridled enthusiasm of gathering hordes, even the gentlest festival can quickly turn messy.

BBC: The world��s messiest festivals

This largely Buddhist country, most of its people followers of one the world's gentlest religions, has one of the world's highest suicide rates.

ECONOMIST: Sri Lanka

Frank Ross was the gentlest, most honorable man who ever lived.

NPR: Excerpt: 'True Grit'

We sent the gentlest eddies through the olive-green waters.

WSJ: Nicaragua's San Juan River by Boat

After a brief unboxing, this editor wrapped each set around his head, finding the headband tension of both the over-ear N11 and the on-ear NLa to be just as light as the accessories themselves, squeezing my skull with only the gentlest of pressure.

ENGADGET: Turtle Beach Ear Force NLa and N11 stereo Wii U headsets hands-on (video)