tender loving care
Example Sentences
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With the housing market hot, older homes that need a little tender loving care have become in demand.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
The forest biotechnology expert knew that trees are difficult to genetically alter — and that the "tender loving care" of a laboratory is no substitute for the outside world.
From Scientific American • Feb. 9, 2023
They were a little dilapidated, and in need of some tender loving care.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2022
If a listing claims that the abode needs little tender loving care, chances are it requires much more than that.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2020
After all these centuries of tender loving care from millions of Tang families, the Stove King had gotten quite pudgy.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
