kindhearted

Example Sentences

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The ordinary staff—duty officers in blue shirts, or medics in scrubs—could be kindhearted and seemed disengaged from the revolutionary ideals of their government, former prisoners say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

What “Black Dahlia” ultimately imprints on its readers is Short’s vulnerability and desperation, someone more restless than “man-crazy,” more kindhearted than “cold.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Johnny Depp, making another appearance in this book, plays the title character, “born” with scissors for hands, who comes down from his castle to live with the kindhearted Boggs family.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

So would Emerson want to play someone kindhearted for a change?

From New York Times • May 20, 2024

To suggest that sick children ought to be left to suffer in order to improve their characters seemed quite unlike Mrs. Clarke, whom Penelope knew to be thoroughly kindhearted.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood