I've seen it break many a gently reared lady.

"Such intemperate language is improper in a gently reared young man," she reproved.

How a girl, gently reared, could become infatuated with this rover, unprincipled and of dubious background, is something I cannot understand.

She was, after all, a gently reared young woman of good family and marriageable age, capable of bringing her family a powerful alliance.

"Elaine is a gently reared lady; I would not give her to such a one," she said.

It's a great shock to souls gently reared in places of moderate clime, hope, and dread.

Anne, I am aware that you were gently reared - but this is a situation in which rudeness pays off.

He had been through worse-but he was not a gently reared young woman.

She had obviously been gently reared, no matter her current unfortunate circumstances.

It's obvious you and Claire have been gently reared.