tenderhearted

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Through Spear’s resurrection, “Primal” is quietly delivering a zombie drama that’s strangely life-affirming, led by a tenderhearted brute who is sensitive to the other voiceless, helpless beings around him.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

Both are essentially tenderhearted, which is perhaps not the most practical quality for their professions, but necessary for the story — we need to like them.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025

But to hear the story from his mother, who also called in, Lang was a tenderhearted and selfless man who got swept up in an unjust crackdown.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2025

In Reboot Theatre Company’s “Peter and the Starcatcher,” now running at Theatre Off Jackson, the tenderhearted origin story of the boy who would become Peter Pan founders in an inconsistent production helmed by Riley Gene.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Max was the tenderhearted one who got upset at so much as a caterpillar accidentally crushed underfoot, or a dead lightning bug caught in the grille of his family’s limousine.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix