look tenderly

Example Sentences

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Perhaps this was not exactly as it should be; yet let us hope the angels look tenderly down on the sins of too much love.

From Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

"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 as I look tenderly up at them, as they stand in their very familiar places before me, I salute them as the two old comrades saluted each other across the hearthstone.

From Mushrooms on the Moor by Boreham, Frank

Thinking but to look tenderly at a house front he had veritably seen his lady—watched her with secret, unrestrained fondness.

From Ewing\'s Lady by Wilson, Harry Leon

And she made that voice speak softly to her, those eyes look tenderly at her face!

From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph