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
Whereupon Shashi, the misanthrope, looked black, and used hard words and told his friend that good nature and soft-heartedness had caused him to commit a very bad action—a grievous sin.
From Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance by Lady Isabel Burton
He cursed his soft-heartedness, and conjured up some of his wildest memories in order to regain the mastery of himself.
From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann
