"gentle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

gentle adjetivo

gentle + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 272
gentle slope • gentle voice • gentle hand • gentle breeze • gentle touch • gentle smile • gentle man • gentle way • gentle curve • ...
adverbio + gentle
Kolokacji: 17
most gentle • surprisingly gentle • relatively gentle • deceptively gentle • fairly gentle • ...
(2) surprisingly, unexpectedly
Kolokacji: 2
1. surprisingly gentle = zadziwiająco łagodny surprisingly gentle
2. unexpectedly gentle = nadspodziewanie łagodny unexpectedly gentle
  • He felt Har's hands on his shoulders, unexpectedly gentle, and raised his head.
  • The driver's hands were unexpectedly gentle as he cut the handcuff away from her.
  • His voice was mild and low and unexpectedly gentle.
  • "Naw, now, don't go jumping to endings.," The other man's voice was unexpectedly gentle.
  • Then a last doorway, an unexpectedly gentle darkness seemed to open wide before her in the air.
  • And Lieutenant," the chief continued, his voice unexpectedly gentle, "no disrespect, sir, but you've just been through a pretty nasty experience.
  • An hour later, the mountains flatten out and we start an unexpectedly gentle ascent to the Tibetan plateau.
  • His voice became suddenly and unexpectedly gentle.
  • Despite the lateness of the hour, his voice was unexpectedly gentle.
  • He had an unexpectedly gentle and courteous voice.
(3) oddly, strangely, curiously
Kolokacji: 3
(4) unusually, remarkably
Kolokacji: 2
gentle + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
gentle with • gentle of • gentle in • gentle on • gentle to • ...

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