The gentle inquiry is somehow more terrible than any raw yell could have been, and the world seems to hold its breath.

"Let's just say our king took umbrage at Eryd Bench's gentle inquiries about certain events in the north."

He felt the brush of another mind, a gentle inquiry from a source made even stranger by the hint of familiarity.

Meer appeared, Talla right behind him, chirping a gentle inquiry.

Her great liquid dark eyes seemed to return our curious stares with an expression of gentle inquiry; the curved lips smiled at our consternation.

Edwina herself certainly hadn't been able to explain; even the most gentle inquiry brought on fresh shrieks of terror.

Troi's gentle inquiry broke through Picard's introspection.

She glanced at Mr. Abbott, who glanced in turn at Kenny with an air of gentle inquiry.

He'd occasionally asked about the matter, subtle, gentle inquiries made at just the right moments, he thought.

Nahia looked with gentle inquiry at Killashandra, struggling to identify the elusive contact with crystal.