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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This melodramatic pivot is surplus to the requirements of a shattered family portrait already rife with conflict and complication, and most moving when centered on small, everyday gestures of tenderness and loyalty.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Diagnosis and treatment Doctors will look for signs of a clot such as swelling, pain and tenderness, and redness and warmth in the skin, according to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Friedland builds her drama through sharp honesty, and tough as its material may be, few films are so tonally flexible, so able to turn on a dime: stray moments of tenderness, humility, even absurdity poke through, with a love and care for Ruth shown by characters and creators alike.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
That means taking off your shoe and sock and checking for any sign of injury such as any tenderness, swelling, bruising, deformity, laceration or bones sticking through the skin.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Diagnosis and treatment Doctors will look for signs of a clot such as swelling, pain and tenderness, and redness and warmth in the skin, according to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Friedland builds her drama through sharp honesty, and tough as its material may be, few films are so tonally flexible, so able to turn on a dime: stray moments of tenderness, humility, even absurdity poke through, with a love and care for Ruth shown by characters and creators alike.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
That means taking off your shoe and sock and checking for any sign of injury such as any tenderness, swelling, bruising, deformity, laceration or bones sticking through the skin.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Tenderness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenderness. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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