Maggy gently withdrew her hand; the woman certainly looked ill, and after all she wasn't a stranger.

She sensed it too, and put up her hands between us, gently withdrawing.

Then he inched the door shut, at the same time gently withdrawing the plastic.

He knew, and withdrew from her so gently she wanted to weep.

His tongue gave one slow lick to the back of my hand, and I gently withdrew it.

Upon their entrance he gently withdrew his arms, and ascended, as it were, through the ceiling.

Then he gently withdrew from their grasp and held up his hands in a wordless call for attention.

After a moment she gently withdrew her hands and looked around her.

Rowan, seeing him drifting off to sleep, tried to gently withdraw her hand.

She squeezed his hand for a moment more, then gently withdrew.