tender-hearted

Example Sentences

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No less outstanding were Caissie Levy as the tender-hearted Mother, who takes in Coalhouse’s girlfriend, Sarah, and their newborn child, and Brandon Uranowitz as the immigrant Tateh.

From The Wall Street Journal

Or were they coming to the conclusion, as so many of us do in adulthood, that their friendship, while tender-hearted and creatively prolific, had simply entered a different and far less intimate phase?

From Salon

In Burnett’s able hands, the album is chockful of exciting and, at times, tender-hearted turns.

From Salon

But why would you do such a thing, asks the tender-hearted, green-skinned Elphaba, whose horror at his plan will eventually turn her into the Wicked Witch of the West.

From Los Angeles Times

"John was a comic buffoon, on one side, and tender-hearted and loving, on the other," Pete remarked.

From Salon