Fate has not given him a shove, more of a gentle tap.

Eventually there was a gentle tap on the door, and Marlow's voice.

One evening, a gentle tap came to my door, and Tom entered.

The silence was broken by a gentle tap at the door.

That's not a slap on the wrist; it's a gentle tap.

Then with a gentle tap this poor wounded one came in.

Then he stepped toward the door and gave a gentle tap.

A soft step came to the door, and a gentle tap.

There came at this moment a gentle tap at her door.

A minute or two afterwards Margaret's gentle tap was heard at the door.

There is a gentle tap as one bocce ball hits another.

A gentle tap at the front door on the street sounded through the stillness.

He paused to give himself time and heard the gentle tap of a hammer.

We were about to leave when there was a gentle tap on the door.

She stepped up behind him and gave him a gentle tap on the shoulder.

But it would be with no such gentle tap that he would announce himself.