tenderheartedness

Example Sentences

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Greer’s task is to ground the absurdity in tenderheartedness without being cute or cloying.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Authorities in court papers say Mohammad exposed Young’s radical inclinations, not his tenderheartedness.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2017

To Krueger, this solicitude has nothing to do with tenderheartedness; it is sound military practice.

From Time Magazine Archive

General Victor Kazantsev blamed his troops' "tenderheartedness" and "groundless trust" in Chechen civilians.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was impossible to depend on him in spite of his intelligence and charm and his very real tenderheartedness.

From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Cannan, Gilbert