be solicitous
Example Sentences
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Some observers predict the governor will be solicitous to the McCain family’s wishes.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2018
In questioning suspects, he could be solicitous or circumspect, and he understood the menace to be had in silence.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2018
While I do my best to be solicitous, his eyelids droop and he barely speaks.
From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2016
He could also be solicitous, such as calling to check in with an informant after she underwent an operation.
From New York Times • May 11, 2011
But the ranchmen themselves, with two or three exceptions, were content to be solicitous at long range––an abstention that relieved and at the same time troubled Huntington.
From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Fischer, Anton Otto
