softhearted
Britishadjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- softheartedly adverb
- softheartedness noun
Example Sentences
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It’s an entertaining, mordantly funny show that’s also softhearted despite all the killings.
From Salon
Rather, as with her other novels, there’s a softhearted universalism to Lalami’s treatment of surveillance capitalism.
From Los Angeles Times
What made the episode especially surprising was that Koolhaas, hardly known for a sentimental or softhearted streak, agreed to speak to The New York Times for an article announcing the split.
From New York Times
Gene Takavic is simply the frosting around several layers surrounding a softhearted center – and we all know that the center is the best part.
From Salon
This musical, a production of Page 73, Playwrights Horizons and Woolly Mammoth Theater Company, forgoes the commercial niceties and digestible narratives of many Broadway shows, delivering a story that’s searing and softhearted, uproarious and disquieting.
From New York Times
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