tenderly

Example Sentences

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She also considers her home country tenderly, and in her book notes, “Iran is part of my being. You can take Googoosh out of Iran, but you can’t take Iran out of Googoosh.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

At last, those feelings are tenderly communicated here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

They tenderly hold Gazala’s hands in a room that “smells like roses and orange peel.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

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

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

He heard her crooning tenderly to him, some Ravkan lullaby.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo