tenderhearted

Example Sentences

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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

The last three songs of the show — “No More,” “No One Is Alone” and the “Children Will Listen” finale — bring the musical’s tenderhearted melancholy to a full boil.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 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

His Santa is a thoughtful guy, made wearily cynical by the commercialization of Christmas, tenderhearted in his treatment of kids on his Nice list and devoted to Mrs. Claus after all their centuries together.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022

I could hardly believe this was our tenderhearted little Mate whom Noris resembled so much.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez