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

Joanne, who had her own music career, “was a joyful and tender-hearted spirit, whose laughter and kindness will be deeply missed,” the Fred Rogers Center said in a Facebook post, calling her a “trusted anchor whose heart and wisdom have guided our work in service of Fred’s enduring legacy.”

From Seattle Times

Eddie Gallagher is a soulless monster so violently sociopathic that he reduced his former colleagues — Navy SEALs who aren't known for being the most tender-hearted of people — to tears.

From Salon

The Buffalo Commercial commented, “There is no excuse for printing and circulating reporters’ rot of that sort because any intelligent person knows that the president is tender-hearted and detests cruelty to animals as he does cowardness.”

From Washington Post

As played by Mark Lewis, the father is pompous and patriarchal, yet tender-hearted and protective.

From Los Angeles Times