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. 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 See All Example Sentences for tenderness
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kindness
Noun
  • Her kindness extended to her coworkers at Walmart.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The pair are remembered by the company for their kindness, generosity and support for local organizations such as the Ehloe Hospital, the Chico Police Business Support Team and Chico’s Elk Lodge.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Tenderness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenderness. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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