tenderness
Example Sentences
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“I knew kids like Jack on the playground. But the more I read it, the more I felt there was a tenderness that Golding was looking for in Jack.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Society is depicted as "worshiping only power and money, despising art, sensitivity, tenderness, where people ...don't talk anymore."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
A.I. can be sassy, but it cannot write the tenderness of a high school drama club.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
Nevertheless the affection Antigone shows for him has a tenderness she rarely allows others to see.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Kaisa asked, and looked at her with much tenderness.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Vocabulary lists containing tenderness
Novel Study: The Crucible, Acts 3–4
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Crenshaw
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The Suffix -ness, Part 1
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