gentle hint

These would typically refer to points in the game where things had gone wrong and give gentle hints on ways to reach a better ending.

Another English person would understand that this was a gentle hint to get to the point.

She was also weary of the gentle but repeated hints that she should return to Baltimore.

Not if we give them a gentle hint that we know what they are up to.

I know what I'm doing, just a gentle hint of curls - no more than that.

The thirsty may pour a drink into a neighbor's glass as a gentle hint.

We inhaled a gentle hint of lime right before placing them in our mouths.

Maybe God wants us to go straight, and this is kind of a gentle hint.

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If wheelchair seating is unavailable, maybe a gentle hint about a box will do the trick.