tenderhearted

Example Sentences

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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 her online life as the “Everywhererist,” Geraldine DeRuiter is wickedly hilarious and tenderhearted, observant and original, and candidly vocal when she sees an emperor with no clothes.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

The last three songs of the show — “No More,” “No One Is Alone” and the “Children Will Listen” finale — bring the musical’s tenderhearted melancholy to a full boil.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023

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