gentled

I was frightened; those savages were not "gentled" enough to suit me.

Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster

He had, however, not become accustomed to being 'gentled' instead of 'busted.'

Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Hermann Hagedorn 1923

Gran’s expression gentled slightly, the creases on her face shifting.

Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith 1996

Gran’s expression gentled slightly, the creases on her face shifting.

Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith 1996

Animals are "gentled" rather than being broken by methods that involve confinement, tie-downs and bucking after saddles are put on.

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Ty’s expression gentled as he sat motionless behind the wheel of the stopped car.

Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983

Ty’s expression gentled as he sat motionless behind the wheel of the stopped car.

Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983

"gentled" and soothed the troubled spirit more and more tenderly, till Firefly could think of nothing like it but the father and daughter comforting each other on the Downs, that terrible day of his guilt.

Parables From Nature 1857

"gentled" him all over his miserable frame, as he lay panting and overpowered on the sawdust, conquered and convinced at last, all his mistakes and misconceptions of other people came before him, as plainly as if Taffy himself had spoken them; so plainly, that he wondered at himself.

Parables From Nature 1857

And I'm goin 'to make it my job to see you get handled an' gentled in the same way.

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