tenderness
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Conductors rebalance its transparency and weight; singers rediscover its tenderness and brutality, comedy and terror; directors offer new political, psychological, economic and environmental readings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The statement said Cetina "cared for Emma and Charlie with tenderness and devotion, and she was truly part of the family".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Throughout “Growing Up” Baker notes with tenderness the poignant gaps between maternal expectation and reality—and between himself and the colorful members of his sprawling and opinionated family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“It’s a very dissociative experience for me, so the people coming to share their tenderness is like, bring it on!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
When the strong healthy boy, howling at the indignity of the birth process, was put to her breast, she felt a wild tenderness for him.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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