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He was freeborn, but poor; handsome, but not tall; strong, but gentle.
2
Rough but gentle hands touched her cheeks and played in her hair.
3
Ask for Tiergnan-he'sa monstrous hulk of a beast, but gentle inside.
4
Yet he had never been anything but gentle and courteous to her.
5
He is not rough, but gentle, and I do not fear him.
6
His speech was no longer curt, but gentle, with a half-quizzical tenderness.
7
A little man, hard featured but gentle fingered, was working over him.
8
Despite an almost comical quasi-monkey face, the Wookiee was anything but gentle-looking.
9
Some big animal was licking it with a coarse but gentle tongue!
10
She answered me in a tone which was grave, but gentle.
11
He was nothing but gentle and good, all the days of his life.
12
Coming to the hatchway, he addressed the men in firm but gentle terms.
13
Then he leaned forward and spoke in firm but gentle tones.
14
Grasp the womb over the abdomen, employ firm but gentle kneading, pressing downward.
15
His eloquence was not forceful nor forensic, but gentle and persuasive.
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The pressure, however, must not be violent, but gentle rather, and well continued.