tenderness
Example Sentences
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What’s more, there’s an ease to all of these things — a soft tenderness that counterbalances the frigidity — as if such intensity comes casually.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
A sequel to the hit “Home Alone,” Fricker’s Pigeon Lady was a source of unexpected tenderness for Culkin’s Kevin, now stranded during the holidays in New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
It is common to get some swelling, redness or tenderness where you have the injection.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The 99-year-old artist—long excluded from the mainstream, male-dominated art scene in Mexico, and who only had her first major retrospective last year—is a quiet yet forceful fount of tenderness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Hobbes stripped the human personality for any capacity for love or tenderness or even simple fellow- feeling, leaving instead only fear.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing tenderness
Novel Study: The Crucible, Acts 3–4
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Crenshaw
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The Suffix -ness, Part 1
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