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 • Nov. 26, 2025

"He is a tender-hearted doctor. This is so regrettable. I pray for his safety and hope for justice for whoever is responsible," said a college student from the nearby city of Kobe.

From Reuters • Dec. 18, 2021

"Jackson was tender-hearted with a contagious smile," Rogers said.

From Fox News • Dec. 2, 2021

Like the crimes that divided Veronica’s teenage years between blissful innocence and hardened, unfair reality, that act represents the final separation between the tender-hearted girl and the adult crusader Veronica was destined to become.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2019

For him, she was the mother who let him get as close as he dreamed, the sister who wasn’t moody and withdrawing, and teary and tender-hearted.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou