His voice, when he spoke, was softer and deeper than ever and gently reproving as to an erring child.

"In war, one does what one must," Churchill said, as if gently reproving the secretary of state.

Consequently, the authors tend to praise loudly and reprove gently, if at all.

"You left your com home again, Ma'am," a respectful, gently reproving voice said as she stepped up onto the glassed-in storm porch.

While you were sleeping," the unicorn reproved gently, "I have been consulting the wind.

Upon this I gently reproved them, being well enough acquainted with their characters, and not unknown in person to two of them.

The woman's voice was gently reproving.

When they reached the kitchen he became gently reproving.

Croak realizes they will have been bickering and gently reproves them: "My comforts!

Sylvia's voice was gently reproving now, in a way that was almost flirtatious.