softhearted

Example Sentences

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Later, Britney wept, and softhearted, hardboiled Hollywood Nate soothed her: “Even gunfighters have to cry sometimes,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

The hard-hitting rap of “Slugger” bleeds into a softhearted track like “Sierra Nights,” which sounds like a coming-of-age movie.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2021

I'm not being softhearted or I'm not trying to be anything.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2020

Weak but wealthy, smart but softhearted, Tyrion’s ever-variable status was a microcosm of the instability of the Seven Kingdoms.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2019

He imagined Gaea laughing at his weakness—a demigod too softhearted to kill monsters.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan