Of ignoble (or ungentle) birth. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a gentle manner. ,a gentle wind; a gentle tap on the shoulder. ,gentle heat. ,a gentle slope. ,a gentle upbringing. ,a gentle animal. ,a gentle sound. ,Consider, gentle reader, my terrible predicament at this juncture. ,a gentle knight. From Dictionary.com.
Why so gentle, Eli, when the world is so ungentle?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bread of Ruth’s Unhappiness « A Fly in Amber] Reference
Is there any thing misbecoming or ungentle about me?. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter] Reference
My hand is ungentle and sometimes causes unintended harm. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape] Reference
He noticed that the girls didn't get the same ungentle treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Take A Thief]
The ungentle treatment, and now the lack of air, were taking toll. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Lens]
He said no more to me, but the touch of his hand was not ungentle. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
Under this ungentle treatment the victim presently opened his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
No, my ungentle reader, not all this bombast at sixteen and a half. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Clerks] Reference
Egyptian telegraph-posts — an ungentle hint to prefer the telephone. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
Madame Christopher gave her daughter an ungentle touch on the shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
'Ay,' replied Beaumains, 'I know ye for the most ungentle knight in all. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
The knights bought; mixing, however, ungentle gibes with their good coin. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844] Reference
There was a painful twinge in his chest; an ungentle reminder of broken ribs. From Wordnik.com. [Exile's Honor]
Hint to all you ungentle gents of the movie world: your Freudian slips are showing. From Wordnik.com. [“Crying Girl” DVD makes me cry, but not for the obvious reason « Gender Across Borders] Reference
Gentle, humble, merciful towards sons of life; dark, ungentle towards sons of death. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings] Reference
And then she left the room, shutting the door behind her with a rather ungentle hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
Second update: Another gentle reader suggested that the original picture was...ungentle. From Wordnik.com. [UN is the loneliest number] Reference
"Now I really am going to puke, " Jamie murmured, wincing under the ungentle ministrations. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
He kissed her then and was every bit as ungentle and passionate as he had threatened to be. From Wordnik.com. [An Unacceptable Offer]
I am ungentle, and apt to be suspicious -- especially if anything be said derogatory to my art. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
"Ah! ye ungentle Hathors!" he mourned to himself, "why may I not tell her how much I love her?". From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
I am ungentle, and apt to be suspicious — especially if anything be said derogatory to my art. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
Yea, said Beaumains, I know you for an ungentle knight of the court, and therefore beware of me. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Yet every harsh and ungentle tone was forgiven by her, for she knew that forgiveness was of Heaven. From Wordnik.com. [No and Other Stories Compiled by Uncle Humphrey] Reference
"Yea," said Fair-hands, "I know you for an ungentle knight of the court and therefore beware of me.". From Wordnik.com. [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference
The ungentle reader (upon whom a malediction) will discover that this little book is not by any means exhaustive. From Wordnik.com. [With Botha in the Field] Reference
Lychnais had an impatient manner and ungentle hands, and little ways of showing Meninx that tending her was a bother. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
For her part, Kathleen was beginning to realise that the rough exterior concealed a character truthful, and not ungentle. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
But she had hardly gone a dozen steps when her arm was grasped in an ungentle grip, and she found Dela garde at her elbow. From Wordnik.com. [Gatlinburg] Reference
The night was warm, still and gentle, defying the stormy and ungentle times with its calm assertion of permanent stability. From Wordnik.com. [One Corpse Too Many]
The voyage proved a speedy one, with a singular lack of ungentle weather: good omen, we thought, for the success of our enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
A serpent in wisdom and cunning in regard to good; gentle, humble, mild, towards sons of life; dark, ungentle, towards sons of death. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings] Reference
Tempt not with one last tear thy friend's ungentle mood. From Wordnik.com. [In Defence of Harriet Shelley] Reference
Had that Prince been an author, perhaps I might have been a little ungentle to him too. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2] Reference
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