TENDERNESS in a Sentence
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232 example sentences for TENDERNESS, such as:
1. Her voice was tender, full of pity.
2. If she be all tenderness, she will die.
3. Continue cooking until the meat is tender.
4. Her expression became soft, almost tender.
5. I have not bestowed my tenderness anywhere.
2. If she be all tenderness, she will die.
3. Continue cooking until the meat is tender.
4. Her expression became soft, almost tender.
5. I have not bestowed my tenderness anywhere.
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Meanings and Examples of TENDERNESS
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tenderness
n. a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
n. a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 His daughter attended him with the greatest tenderness, but she saw with despair that their little fund was rapidly decreasing and that there was no other prospect of support.
2 Thus not the tenderness of friendship, nor the beauty of earth, nor of heaven, could redeem my soul from woe; the very accents of love were ineffectual.
3 Yet Hester was hardly safe in confiding herself to that gusty tenderness: it passed as suddenly as it came.
4 If she be all tenderness, she will die.
5 With sudden and desperate tenderness she threw her arms around him, and pressed his head against her bosom, little caring though his cheek rested on the scarlet letter.
6 In a mood of tenderness that was not usual with her, she drew down her mother's head, and kissed her brow and both her cheeks.
7 To Marianne it had all the distinguishing tenderness which a lover's heart could give, and to the rest of the family it was the affectionate attention of a son and a brother.
8 Her kindness is not sympathy; her good-nature is not tenderness.
9 She could therefore only LOOK her tenderness, and after slightly addressing him, said no more.
10 Her affection for me deserved better treatment, and I often, with great self-reproach, recall the tenderness which, for a very short time, had the power of creating any return.
11 Mrs. Dashwood would have interrupted her instantly with soothing tenderness, had not Elinor, who really wished to hear her sister's unbiased opinion, by an eager sign, engaged her silence.
12 I do not recall that I felt any tenderness of conscience in reference to Mrs. Joe, when the fear of being found out was lifted off me.
13 I have not bestowed my tenderness anywhere.
14 Whatever my fortunes might have been, I could scarcely have recalled my sister with much tenderness.
15 But I suppose there is a shock of regret which may exist without much tenderness.
Example Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1 A gentle touch or gesture of fondness, tenderness, or love.
2 Symptoms of PMS include breast tenderness and a craving for sweet food.
3 Her expression became soft, almost tender.
4 Love is an art of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
5 My leg is still very tender where it was bruised.
6 Her voice was tender, full of pity.
7 Snow clothes, with snow and tender heart, more holy than the clouds, more hot than fire, in the cold wind to fly, burning in the dark.
8 Continue cooking until the meat is tender.
9 Examine the painful area carefully in an effort to localize the most tender point.
10 My finger is tender because I cut it yesterday.
11 They might therefore be fearful of losing out if they accept a tender offer prematurely.
12 A tender feeling toward another; fondness.
13 When they are tender, strain the soup into a clean pan through a fine wire sieve.
14 Although no formal charges had been made against him, in the wake of the recent scandal the mayor felt he should tender his resignation.
15 “I want to change,” says Sharra, her new skin tender under her scales.