soft-hearted
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of soft-hearted
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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“You know,” Francesca said, taking Lewis from Sandy, “my father almost cut this tree down years ago. My mother wasn’t having it. Family lore or some such thing. Soft-hearted nonsense.”
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
Soft-hearted, the little girl and the old man weep together.
From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Pater, Walter
Shall we, hard-hearted to their fates, thus Soft-hearted shrink from our own, When the measure we mete is meted to us, When we reap as we've always sown?
From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop
Soft-hearted Karl and Spartan Mother Louise; her rigid character, its good and its bad side; her extreme punctilio and her pistol-shooting, to steady her sight.
From Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck by Greusel, John Hubert
Soft-hearted strangers do their best to conceal their tears, but they rarely succeed.
From The Californiacs by Gillmore, Inez Haynes
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