In a sentence
Six example sentences with solicitous, each labelled with its topic.
The innkeeper was so solicitous about our soaked boots that she had dried them by the stove before we asked.
Travel
New managers often mistake being solicitous for being effective, checking on everyone hourly and finishing nothing of their own.
Business
The night nurse was so solicitous that patients who could not sleep found tea waiting before they rang the bell.
Medicine
Our solicitous host refilled every plate before it was empty and kept asking whether the soup needed more salt.
Cooking
The solicitous trainer checked the rookie's ankle at every timeout, ice pack ready before he had even sat down.
Basketball
The novel gives the heroine a solicitous aunt who arrives with shawls, advice and a doctor before anyone has admitted feeling ill.
Literature
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