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tenderness

noun as in affection

noun as in gentleness

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Example Sentences

Depicting the uncertainty of their lives with a truthful tenderness, “All We Imagine as Light” makes the personal political.

Bird often has an air of menace, but also a certain tenderness.

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In 2015, Ivana described one sexual encounter in which she said "the love and tenderness" Trump usually displayed was absent, leaving her feeling "violated".

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"There’s a lot of tenderness and women really wanting to be seen for themselves and who they are and be cared for - and there’s a lot of romance in it as well."

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Gay love and lust break through, but the revival is more curious about the range of outlets for tenderness among Black men.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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