tender-hearted
adjective
soft-hearted; sympathetic.
tender-heartedness
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a word derived from
tender-hearted.
Example Sentences
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“I don’t really want to talk about gender, because it’s lose-lose,” they say, and yet they manage it lightly and with tender-heartedness, even toward some famous comedians who don’t return the favor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
To Walinsky, it was clear why, barely four years after Dallas, the fatalistic Kennedy bristled at Ginsberg’s lecture on tender-heartedness.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2018
He who chooses the high, unbeaten tracks should have overcome all tender-heartedness that leads to half measures.
From The Bride of Dreams by Mellie von Auw
Josephine's tender-heartedness would not suffer the innocent, childish heart of Hortense to become alienated from her father, or to forget the esteem and respect which as a daughter she owed to him.
From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
The old tender-heartedness of the man always returned when he saw anything young and helpless.
From French and English A Story of the Struggle in America by Evelyn Everett-Green
