tenderness
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Society is depicted as "worshiping only power and money, despising art, sensitivity, tenderness, where people ...don't talk anymore."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
What it lacks in explosivity and pacing, “The Complex” at times compensates for in tension, tenderness and tenacity.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
A.I. can be sassy, but it cannot write the tenderness of a high school drama club.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
Nevertheless the affection Antigone shows for him has a tenderness she rarely allows others to see.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Sometimes she would go into the workshop and help Arcadio sensitize the daguerreotype plates with an efficiency and a tenderness that ended up by confusing him.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Vocabulary lists containing tenderness
Novel Study: The Crucible, Acts 3–4
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The Suffix -ness, Part 1
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