tenderness
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Ms. Arno’s achievement is to return Celan to mortal scale: ardent in friendship, hungry for recognition, capable of wounded tenderness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The palace added: "With her childlike perspective, her irony, her tenderness, and her inner demons, the author created a deeply moving world with which readers identified."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
It adds moisture, tenderness, and just enough tang to make things interesting.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
Nivola, in a particularly tough role, displays a heady mix of alpha machismo, tenderness and contempt that is just as funny as it needs to be without losing a crucial dimensionality.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
He’s massively tall, shoulders like an ox and a thickened brow with lots of bafflement but not much tenderness.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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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