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As well as the prickliness, you have a great ability to show tenderness in your work, I say.

From The Guardian Mar. 27, 2021

Only towards children does he show tenderness, and then he paints with a wonderful and varied charm.

From American Men of Mind by Burton Egbert Stevenson

I longed for it because, aside from his fine speech, he was really quite important and had to show tenderness, anxiety, and determination during the time Romeo addressed him.

From Life on the Stage by Clara Morris

This woman so wholesome, so fair and strong; so un-American as to be not ashamed to show tenderness and sympathy with eye and lip, moved Fanny like a new and pleasing experience.

From At Fault by Kate Chopin

But she was not the sort of woman to show tenderness or affection.

From The Land of Promise by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham




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