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

Pretti's parents said in a statement he was "a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends."

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 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

When he met the 77-year-old Sirhan in prison, he wrote, he found him “gentle, humble, kindhearted, frail and harmless.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

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