soft-heartedness

Example Sentences

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More crucially, despite Zoe’s competence and stamina as a crew member, her fate is the result of her soft-heartedness.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2021

Both of Bergdahl’s parents praised what they described as their son’s toughness and his soft-heartedness.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2014

She also betrays a trace of her dad's soft-heartedness; recently, she left one of the freezers open, which happened to contain her beloved pet canary, Missy.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2010

He cursed his soft-heartedness, and conjured up some of his wildest memories in order to regain the mastery of himself.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann

Poupard now possessed all the qualities of mankind and it was probably through his noble soft-heartedness that some ill had befallen him.

From My Home in the Field of Honor by Huard, Frances Wilson