tenderly

Example Sentences

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At last, those feelings are tenderly communicated here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

The second image shows Meghan tenderly cradling the princess as a newborn following her birth in 2021.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

The process requires patience and care, and you want to treat the dough as tenderly as possible.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

But the show, subtitled “a story ballet of enlightenment in two immoral acts,” is choreographed — humorously, violently, roughly, tenderly — within an inch of its life.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2024

She had seen the boy stroke Joanna’s pretty hair tenderly; had seen how Joanna put up her hand to touch his cheek.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith