tender spot

A 'double' o' that fifteen over-proof Jamaica of yours, Sin, would hit me in a tender spot tonight.

The death of his "sweet little Juli" appeared to have hardened the last tender spot in his brutal soul.

So it occupies a tender spot which later experiences cannot touch.

But always a tender spot could be found in his heart for women and children.

This was hitting every adult Russian in a tender spot, because the shaving of the face was considered in the light of a blasphemy.