Example Sentences

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But there’s an unexpected sweetness to the musical, and ultimately a kindheartedness, too.

From New York Times • May 21, 2018

Abraham Lincoln could not have become so popular all over the world on account of his honest kindheartedness if he had not been loyal, obedient and loving toward those at home.

From The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln by Whipple, Wayne

He is 6 feet high, raven black hair, which curls thickly and shortly, like a Moor’s, dark gray expressive eyes, overhanging brows, upturned lips, and a smile which expresses good nature and kindheartedness.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas

We never carried wine before, but this was precious as an expression of kindheartedness on the part of the donors. 

From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by Livingstone, David

Incapable of magnanimity themselves, such people translate kindheartedness and single-mindedness by the dim little light that is within their own petty minds, and the result is just what might be expected from the process.

From A Word to Women by Humphry, Mrs. C. E.