tender

In a sentence

Six example sentences with tender, each labelled with its topic.

• The novel's harshest character writes tender letters to his sister, and those pages carry the whole book.

  Literature

• Between the chase scenes the film keeps one tender moment, a father teaching his daughter to tie a knot.

  Movies

• His voice turns tender on the last verse, dropping almost to a whisper as the band falls away.

  Music

• The nurse had a tender way with frightened children, kneeling to eye level before touching a bandage.

  Medicine

• The painter's portrait of his mother is tender, every wrinkle recorded with patience rather than judgment.

  Art

• Toddlers who receive tender responses to distress learn faster to calm themselves, according to the study.

  Psychology

Found in these word lists

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