In other words, you can win people to your side more easily with gentle persuasion than by hostile actions.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

"The quality of mercy is not strain'd It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath;

VOA: special.2011.06.06

A pleasing piece of music could be heard, and a gentle wind was blowing through the window.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

He has a gentle and expressive voice that has earned him the name of the "Sexy Rasta".

VOA: special.2010.08.11

In 1968, the group Blood, Sweat and Tears recorded this gentle, sad song about winter.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

He was kind and gentle, very different from the place he lived in where the wind blew the sea high and threw ships agaist the rocks.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

The rain babies soon fell asleep because of the gentle row of the river.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

It describes the gentle, slow and easy-going way of life in New Orleans.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

He sat there gentle and quiet, his big hand resting on his knees.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

Instead of angry shouts, the music of gentle songs filled the air.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

The club's Web site describes Labs as gentle,intelligent and family friendly.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

The bird watched him. Ben smoothed its feathers with gentle fingers.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

He gave gentle advice to ease the fears of new parents.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

People who get a wild burro need to "gentle" the animal.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

I heard the man's rough voice and her gentle one.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

Two weeks later, she had become a gentle child.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat, or for their ability to control weeds and help renew grasslands, or even for their ability to be gentle around children.

VOA: special.2010.09.07

And,elephants are not gentle eaters.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

McCartney adds, he feels privileged to have worked with Michael, a person he describes as a massively talented individual with a gentle soul.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26