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Meanings of gentle insistence in English

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Usage of gentle insistence in English
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Jay was woken by a hand shaking her shoulder with gentle insistence.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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She strove with gentle insistence to draw the shielding hands away.
The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
3
With gentle insistence his tongue parted her lips to slip within.
Embrace the darkness
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Dinah moved forward in response to his gentle insistence, but her shyness went with her.
Greatheart
5
Tessa tried to refuse it, but her opposition broke down before Bernard's very gentle insistence.
The Lamp in the Desert
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Sir Willoughby used a gentle insistence with her.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
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But she put forth a hand with gentle insistence when he made as though to rise.
The Puppet Crown
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Her hand pulled itself away from his, and was laid with a gentle insistence upon his mouth.
A Court of Inquiry
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With gentle insistence he drew his friend away from the painfully fascinating spectacle which held so difficult a riddle.
The Forfeit
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Chris, being quite incapable of doing otherwise, yielded herself to the gentle insistence of an arm that encircled her.
The Rocks of Valpré
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"Jane," Cable was saying with gentle insistence; "it is not just to him.
Jane Cable
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"That is not our title," Mrs. Crapps said with gentle insistence.
The Puritans
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"Besides, Anne," Wagoner said, with gentle insistence, "the stars are for young people-eternallyyoung people.
Cities in Flight
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"Mr. Wilmarth looks happy," says Violet, with gentle insistence.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
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"I was keeping this for you- Ithoughtit might interest you," she said, with an air of gentle insistence.
The Touchstone
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