She touched his arm, the question insightful and gentle.

The two Republican senators present asked gentle questions.

Once or twice the old man interposed a gentle question, but mostly he listened in silence.

They probed a nerve here, retreated, asked a gentle question there.

There was a long time of gentle questions and monosyllabic answers.

He may not really understand it himself so you may have to help him by asking gentle questions.

It was a gentle question, not a statement, and the man nodded.

The man then asked her some gentle questions.

Even without Burke's gentle questions and quiet support, she knew that.