tenderhearted

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Each evokes the tenderhearted nostalgia held by millions who have never known a version of modern life without Jackson’s presence.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

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

“The show wouldn’t work if Jeff wasn’t playing Joel because he really is so funny and sly and so tenderhearted and heartbreaking and just everything you want to be,” she says in a Zoom interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

Here, the medium is the message; the rest is as nasty — and ultimately chaotic, tenderhearted, and yes, joyful — as it wants to be.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

I resolve not to be so tenderhearted as even Minerva says crying will bring on prematuring wrinkles.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez