tenderhearted
Britishadjective
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Through Spear’s resurrection, “Primal” is quietly delivering a zombie drama that’s strangely life-affirming, led by a tenderhearted brute who is sensitive to the other voiceless, helpless beings around him.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 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 eight-episode series, the latest in Netflix’s Sandman Universe, features tenderhearted queerness and queer characters in various stages of coming out and coming of age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
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
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