as in kindness
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others
volunteers at the shelter tended to all the animals in their care with great tenderness
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Recent Examples of tenderness
His awkward body language and soft gaze exhibit a boyish tenderness, clouded only by the erratic outbursts of his condition.
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Filled with action and adrenaline, the film stays at a fever pitch for most of its duration, only taking brief breaks to showcase the tenderness of the relationship between Riley (Devery Jacobs) and Amanda (Kudakwashe Rutendo).
—Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
The symptoms include abdominal pain, contractions, uterine tenderness, back pain, and vaginal bleeding.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
But there’s a real tenderness and beauty in the kiss between Whoopi Goldberg and Margaret Avery, and there is a genuine feeling of kind of non-normative love in that film.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Filled with action and adrenaline, the film stays at a fever pitch for most of its duration, only taking brief breaks to showcase the tenderness of the relationship between Riley (Devery Jacobs) and Amanda (Kudakwashe Rutendo).
—Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
The symptoms include abdominal pain, contractions, uterine tenderness, back pain, and vaginal bleeding.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
But there’s a real tenderness and beauty in the kiss between Whoopi Goldberg and Margaret Avery, and there is a genuine feeling of kind of non-normative love in that film.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenderness
kindness
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Having a solid structure in place can allow kindness to thrive without compromising the performance of your team or operations.—
Roxana Diaconu,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Your loving kindness stays with me.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Tenderness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenderness. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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