tenderness
Example Sentences
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I don’t think I would be who I was if I didn’t show some tenderness towards those spaces that made me, or at least allowed me to see myself.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
The palace added: "With her childlike perspective, her irony, her tenderness, and her inner demons, the author created a deeply moving world with which readers identified."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
But Mr. Hunter’s economy of means, which extends to often terse or quiet dialogue undergirded by melancholy subtext, only enhances the tenderness and humanity of his writing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
It adds moisture, tenderness, and just enough tang to make things interesting.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
But in that moment she saw the hint of tenderness on the older woman’s face, and the grief inside her reared up again, coming out of her in a broken sob.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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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