look tenderly
Example Sentences
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And she made that voice speak softly to her, those eyes look tenderly at her face!
From An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad
Pierquin tried to look tenderly at his cousin, but the expression contrasted so strongly with his hard eyes, usually fixed on money, that Marguerite discovered the self-interest in his improvised tenderness.
From The Alkahest by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
No doubt was entertained but that the Pope would grant the necessary dispensation, for the spiritual head of Christendom was apt to look tenderly on the petitions of the powerful princes of this world.
From Henry VIII. by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
Perhaps this was not exactly as it should be; yet let us hope the angels look tenderly down on the sins of too much love.
From Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Through her teaching and her example my heart would--you look tenderly on me, Mellefont?
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
