tenderhearted

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But to hear the story from his mother, who also called in, Lang was a tenderhearted and selfless man who got swept up in an unjust crackdown.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2025

This is a quirky, small-scale, quietly reflective work that’s as tenderhearted as it is spryly comic and as poignant as it is ultimately uplifting.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

In Reboot Theatre Company’s “Peter and the Starcatcher,” now running at Theatre Off Jackson, the tenderhearted origin story of the boy who would become Peter Pan founders in an inconsistent production helmed by Riley Gene.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Here, the medium is the message; the rest is as nasty — and ultimately chaotic, tenderhearted, and yes, joyful — as it wants to be.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

And why would anyone want to hurt Maria, who was so tenderhearted, she rescued black widow spiders?

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer