tender loving care
Example Sentences
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With the housing market hot, older homes that need a little tender loving care have become in demand.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
The forest biotechnology expert knew that trees are difficult to genetically alter — and that the "tender loving care" of a laboratory is no substitute for the outside world.
From Scientific American • Feb. 9, 2023
They were a little dilapidated, and in need of some tender loving care.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2022
On screen, his mother supports him with a mixture of tender loving care and the odd no-nonsense kick up the arse.
From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2019
After all these centuries of tender loving care from millions of Tang families, the Stove King had gotten quite pudgy.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
