look tenderly
Example Sentences
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"What are you thinking of?" asks Dorian, presently, bending to look tenderly into her downcast eyes.
From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess
"But I was speaking of yourself, you know?" and Johnny permitted himself for a moment to look tenderly at her.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony
And here, twenty-seven years after our parting, I have before me the medallion you gave me, and look tenderly on your dear features, my friend!
From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by Cable, George Washington
Through her teaching and her example my heart would--you look tenderly on me, Mellefont?
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
Pierquin tried to look tenderly at his cousin, but the expression contrasted so strongly with his hard eyes, usually fixed on money, that Marguerite discovered the self-interest in his improvised tenderness.
From The Alkahest by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott