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Recent Examples of solicitous With its elegant rooms and suites, beautifully decorated with furniture from Scandinavian and Italian designers, Villa Dagmar exudes warmth and solicitous service. Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 In those passages, Muti could be seen fussing over accompanying parts with the solicitous care of an opera conductor. Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 Lud had been solicitous toward her since Zhuna’s murder, leaving daily messages of support and offering invitations to meals, without insisting and without regard for how complicated his own schedule was. EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025 Dodi sat beside her and acted very solicitous, constantly whispering in her ear. airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for solicitous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solicitous
Adjective
  • The post has prompted more than 1,700 comments, many expressing admiration for the male cat's attentive behavior and the emotional bond on display.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • That could enable more attentive owners to reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 40 percent over an average year of use.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • The 33-year-old state assemblyman has ensnared a wide net of seasoned billionaires and enthusiastic young activists, presented as a regular New Yorker who lived in Africa as a child.
    Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Diamond and her husband were enthusiastic volunteers since the 1990s for a local historic preservation organization, Historic Boulder, Inc.
    Colleen Slevin, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Beneath the surface of its superlatives lies depth — thoughtful nods to heritage, reinterpretations of tradition and layers of cultural meaning embedded in contemporary forms.
    Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • His career consists of multitudes: the comedic if not brash hip-hop radio host forged by the shock-jock era, and the thoughtful political commentator, able to articulate what even his critics would describe as a pretty nuanced perspective on the world.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • His uncle is clearly excited and expecting big things from him.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • From there, fans were excited about the existence of an unreleased song between the two Colombian stars, who confirmed their romantic relationship in 2023.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Despite the criticism, Tonn remains grateful for the support the video has brought to the dog's case, and the majority of kind comments.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Much like his character, Boyce is mild-mannered, kind and effortlessly funny.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Trump has been an avid proponent of reshoring U.S. manufacturing, using tariffs as a leverage to convince companies to build plants in the U.S. and attacking Apple for manufacturing its iPhones in Asia.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • Residents who live near a fishing location, spend a lot of time near the water or are avid boaters are encouraged to get involved.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Twice as many women anticipated judgment or condemnation rather than caring and compassionate responses from their faith communities.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
  • Serve and return interactions are interactions that involve responsive back and forth exchanges between a baby or young child and a caring adult.
    Miranda Rake, Parents, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Psyche will be the first metallic, or M-type, asteroid visited by any spacecraft, and scientists are eager to study an object that's largely made of metals—probably iron, nickel, and perhaps some rarer elements— instead of rocky minerals.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 June 2025
  • Columbus has the most cap room in the league and is eager to add this summer.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 21 June 2025

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“Solicitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicitous. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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