In caring for the sick, the Negro's tenderheartedness is conspicuous. From Wordnik.com. [History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest] Reference
"Well, because of the young prince's tenderheartedness, there are jaguars roaming the mountain forests today.". From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Hawk's Lady]
I had begged my companion to intervene, but he had not only laughed at my tenderheartedness, he had drawn me along to gloat at the death. From Wordnik.com. [In Celebration Of Lammas Night]
In one family I know, father and son are passionate Man United fans driven to distraction by Mum's tenderheartedness, which demands that the moment their team score, she prays for the other side. From Wordnik.com. [Pain of watching sport that I will never die happy | Emma John] Reference
From the very tenderheartedness of the men of our time comes the danger to the women of this nation. From Wordnik.com. [Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates] Reference
It was impossible to depend on him in spite of his intelligence and charm and his very real tenderheartedness. From Wordnik.com. [Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House] Reference
Some of the requirements of motherhood are nurturing love, selflessness, affection, tenderheartedness, and moral courage. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
King's philosophy of "tough-mindedness and tenderheartedness" was not only highly effective, but it gave the civil rights movement an inspiring moral authority and grace. From Wordnik.com. [infoplease - Daily Almanac] Reference
It seems to me from my personal experience that there is kindness everywhere in different proportions, and more goodness and tenderheartedness than we read of in the moralists. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846] Reference
These instincts, however -- as is regularly the case in crowds -- will not prevent the manifestation of other and contrary sentiments, such as a tenderheartedness often as extreme as the ferocity. From Wordnik.com. [The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind] Reference
By way of example, I mention that I, a person of middling tenderheartedness, have given to charities twice in the last two years: once in the aftermath of the Southeast Asian tsunami, and again after Hurricane Katrina. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Magazine] Reference
There are episodes in most men's lives in which their highest qualities can only cast a deterring shadow over the objects that fill their inward vision: Lydgate's tenderheartedness was present just then only as a dread lest he should offend against it, not as an emotion that swayed him to tenderness. From Wordnik.com. [Middlemarch] Reference
There are episodes in most men's lives in which their highest qualities can only east a deterring shadow over the objects that fill their inward vision: Lydgate's tenderheartedness was present just then only as a dread lest he should offend against it, not as an emotion that swayed him to tenderness. From Wordnik.com. [Middlemarch: a study of provincial life (1900)] Reference
Lincoln’s folksy stories masked his cunning, and his tenderheartedness sometimes concealed his ambition. From Wordnik.com. [Raising Obama] Reference
(Romans 12: 11), grief (Romans 12: 15), desire (1 Peter 2: 2), tenderheartedness (Ephesians. From Wordnik.com. [PhilGons.com] Reference
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