soft-heartedness
Example Sentences
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More crucially, despite Zoe’s competence and stamina as a crew member, her fate is the result of her soft-heartedness.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2021
Both of Bergdahl’s parents praised what they described as their son’s toughness and his soft-heartedness.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 3, 2014
She also betrays a trace of her dad's soft-heartedness; recently, she left one of the freezers open, which happened to contain her beloved pet canary, Missy.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2010
The story was sentimental drivel, full of whimpering soft-heartedness and gushing egoism.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
Mr. Robert began to mask, as was his habit, a tendency to soft-heartedness with a spurious anger.
From Roads of Destiny by O. Henry
