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Meanings of ungentle hand in English

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Usage of ungentle hand in English
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The swordsman nodded brusquely, and Raif felt an ungentle hand upon his arm.
A Fortress of Grey Ice
2
The 'bus guard was shaking Lanyard's arm with an ungentle hand.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
3
With an ungentle hand he forced round the averted head till the fear-filled eyes met his.
Man-Size
4
And then she left the room, shutting the door behind her with a rather ungentle hand.
The Carved Cupboard
5
He pushed him back with an ungentle hand.
Anvil of stars
6
To the elderly woman's horror he had swooped down and laid a not ungentle hand on her ankle in its neat and smart-looking shoe.
Betty Gordon at Boarding School; Or, The Treasure of Indian Chas...
7
It is with no ungentle hand I summon them back, for a moment, from that Past which has closed upon them and upon me.
The Story of a Bad Boy
8
At length I felt a cold, firm, but not ungentle hand placed upon mine; and a clear, full, but not discouraging voice said to me,-
A Strange Story — Volume 01
9
At the wagon wheel Daddy John hoisted him in with vigorous and ungentle hands.
The Emigrant Trail
10
Then someone is yanking Ruby from the dog pile-ungentlehands taking her up and away.
Robin and ruby
11
With ungentle hands he forced open the dead jaws, not yet stiffened in the rigor of death.
Nicanor - Teller of Tales : A Story of Roman Britain
12
Then the little one was carried by rough but not ungentle hands to the dead-house on the hill.
The Tragedy of the Chain Pier / Everyday Life Library No. 3
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