tenderly she placed her arms round him. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a tender steak. ,children of tender age. ,tender blue. ,the tender touch of her hand. ,a tender heart. ,a tender glance. ,a tender bruise. ,a tender conscience. ,a tender subject. From Dictionary.com.
He said the name tenderly, with an inflection he had never used before. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Her words began harshly, but ended with his name tenderly, pitifully uttered. From Wordnik.com. [The Leatherwood God] Reference
Ginny applied it to her skin tenderly, asking "Do you stay in touch with all those kids?". From Wordnik.com. [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: SO LOVELY, WOMEN TOGETHER] Reference
Then Freleng kissed Hannah again tenderly with all the love he could imply in that simple gesture. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2006 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
To say that every object far or near was visible as distinctly as by day, yet more tenderly, is to say nothing. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile] Reference
He breathed the word tenderly, reverently and she felt the blessing and the wonder of the love of this great simple-hearted man. From Wordnik.com. [The Man of the Desert] Reference
Bob laid his sword tenderly aside and nursed his leg thoughtfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers] Reference
Bob laid his sword tenderly aside, and nursed his leg thoughtfully. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories] Reference
“Signorina,” Peduzzi called tenderly, “come up here with us.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Stories] Reference
I love my cousin tenderly and sincerely. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 18] Reference
A hand frailly waved a handkerchief; Clemens ran over the lawn toward it, calling tenderly: "What?. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship] Reference
His right hand is already moving evenly, tenderly. From Wordnik.com. [Separation] Reference
She took each bowl in her arms, tenderly — blotting. From Wordnik.com. [Recipe] Reference
"Stay with me for a little while," she said, tenderly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Very quietly, very tenderly, he drew her into his arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Serge, bending toward Micheline, was speaking tenderly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
No other book reflects so tenderly the magic of childhood. From Wordnik.com. [Books: Jonathon Kozol] Reference
She could not be lifted now, but only tenderly towed along. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Silence is Radium Green] Reference
I lifted her out and placed her tenderly on the paper towel. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicken Chronicles] Reference
"You are not vexed?" said her brother, embracing her tenderly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Rocks tenderly exhibiting warm feelings for their cousin, the Sun. From Wordnik.com. [How To Train A Rock] Reference
"Do you doubt it?" he responded, folding her tenderly in his arms. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"There was a test pattern and a flag," the mother replied tenderly. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Touch That Remote] Reference
She kissed her friends tenderly, promising to see them the next day. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
She looks at me, maybe a little too tenderly, then puts the food down. From Wordnik.com. [Chase] Reference
Arthur, in a low-cut top, tenderly places his arm on Merlin's shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Queer Sighted] Reference
She folded the cloth and tenderly laid it across her son's forehead. From Wordnik.com. [Fever] Reference
Your eyes effulgent from a thousand slaughters looked tenderly upon me!. From Wordnik.com. [THE BOOK OF SUCH ~ a suite of poems] Reference
He took a seat on a sofa, beside Madame Martin, and looked at her tenderly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She went tenderly to him, with her loving eyes of old, and pressed his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
We inquire tenderly for the health of persons for whom we do not care a straw. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
The girls kissed and embraced Anne tenderly, then there was a rush for the ferry. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
She pressed it tenderly to her own soft cheek, which was already damp with her tears. From Wordnik.com. [Begonia {part one}] Reference
I remember when he tucked me in on the porch, pulled that blanket so tenderly over me. From Wordnik.com. [Incidentally] Reference
Willy shuddered, held the quart tenderly to his heart, and raised his eyes skyward. From Wordnik.com. [Willy Takes the Night Train to Heaven] Reference
When Palin writes tenderly about her family and her love for Alaska, she seems sincere. From Wordnik.com. [The ‘Palinization’ Of Palin] Reference
My mother I loved most tenderly, but my affection for my father was of a different kind. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
This 'we-ness' you are expressing so tenderly, is with me, on my walks, along the seashore. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Cara Barker: Love Is Not a Spectator Sport] Reference
"And the sympathetic current did the rest!" added Eugenie Gontier, looking at him tenderly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Later, a character communicating with her children tenderly strokes the touchscreen of her phone. From Wordnik.com. [Zero History by William Gibson] Reference
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