tender
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In a press release, the track was described as "a tender country song detailing broken family ties, that holds wider resonances".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
When cooked, japonica rice typically becomes soft, tender, and slightly sticky.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
NTK filed the lawsuit in October 2023 alleging that it suffered damages, including suspension of a tender offer due to the interference of Daiichi Sankyo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
There’s a tender, surprising moment of reconciliation in the novel’s final pages — the place where story stops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“What a precious deposit!” said he with a tender sigh, as he received it.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Because they are made with un-hydrogenated fats that are liquid at room temperature, they have a moister, tenderer texture than butter cakes.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2021
But there have always been many Manets, and even the later, tenderer Manet coexists with an artist of deep political engagement and historical sweep.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
Out of the darkness of these ugly times, and the tenderer moments conjured in a family of seven children, Butterworth weaves an enthralling tapestry of melodrama, wryness and suspense.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2018
Make your chicken work for you Two big benefits of meat-pounding: tenderer, speedier meat.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2018
It makes me jump the torrent of the years and reconstruct from her fine features the mythological past—a still tenderer youth than her present youth.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph, “High Road” The year’s tenderest butt-rock ballad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
Anthony's unexpected fling with Giuseppe is among the season's tenderest developments.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2023
For the tenderest texture, slice the steak thinly and against the grain.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
In one of the novel’s tenderest details, “stray dogs lounged in the shade, and as we walked by, Jacobo spoke to them in baby talk.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
The choicest potatoes, the tastiest morsel, the tenderest bit of whatever there is, that’s Madame’s motto.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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