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Examples
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He turned out to be a particularly gentle-looking man somewhere in his sixties, I guessed.
The Leader Who Had No Title Robin Sharma 2010
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Amid the dozens of chanting protesters, shaking their fists at the NBC offices, a gentle-looking young woman leaned on a police barrier and smiled.
Leno the Loner 2010
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A small, gentle-looking man with a salt-and-pepper beard, Karzai had been selected to lead Afghanistan after the Taliban regime fell in late 2001.
Obama’s Wars Bob Woodward 2010
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Amid the dozens of chanting protesters, shaking their fists at the NBC offices, a gentle-looking young woman leaned on a police barrier and smiled.
Leno the Loner 2010
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She was tall and gentle-looking, and should have been a strong, comely, country girl.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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Since we know the identity of the gentle-looking maniac who rapes and kills teenager Susie Salmon on her way home from school, you might think the plot is ruined from the beginning.
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Since we know the identity of the gentle-looking maniac who rapes and kills teenager Susie Salmon on her way home from school, you might think the plot is ruined from the beginning.
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A slight guy, gentle-looking, with smooth skin and single-lidded eyes.
The Worst Years of Your Life Mark Jude Poirier 2007
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Furthermore, Miss Briggs explained how she had met Mr. Crawley walking with his cousin and long affianced bride the day before: and she told how kind and gentle-looking the lady was, and what a plain, not to say common, dress she had, all the articles of which, from the bonnet down to the boots, she described and estimated with female accuracy.
Vanity Fair 2006
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KING: On the other hand, Stacey Honowitz, isn't this maybe tough to prosecute in that this is a very well-liked woman, a gentle-looking woman, in a community where she's highly regarded?
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