tenderness
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It is common to get some swelling, redness or tenderness where you have the injection.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Ms. Arno’s achievement is to return Celan to mortal scale: ardent in friendship, hungry for recognition, capable of wounded tenderness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“I knew kids like Jack on the playground. But the more I read it, the more I felt there was a tenderness that Golding was looking for in Jack.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
It adds moisture, tenderness, and just enough tang to make things interesting.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
She advocated a high tone of sentiment; but she did not know the sensations of sympathy and pity; tenderness and truth were not in her.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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