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• It was the sweetness of his tongue and the tenderness of his soul.1952, John Steinbeck, East of Eden, London: Heinemann, Part 1, Chapter 2, p. 8. From the entry tongue
• "Barbara, what I have to confess will amaze and grieve you," began Lucinda, with grave tenderness.1940, Zane Grey, chapter 12, in 30,000 on the Hoof, Roslyn, N.Y.: Walter J. Black, →OCLC, page 193. From the entry take
• These states alternated with fits of emotional mobility and suspicional tenderness.1921, The American Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 28, page 757. From the entry suspicional
• As you percuss the kidneys, check for pain or tenderness, behind other organs which suggests a kidney infection.2007, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Emergency Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN. From the entry percuss
• Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa, which results in pain, tenderness, and stiffness and in some cases, swelling and redness.2004, Dicken Weatherby, Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective, page 247. From the entry bursa
• Subjective parameters such as pain, headache, kinesalgia, stiffness, numbness, tenderness and sensory disorders were measured with a pain scale.1999, K Bose, “The efficacy and safety of eperisone in patients with cervical spondylosis: results of a randomized, double-blind…. From the entry kinesalgia
• If palpation of the cervicothoracolumbar spine shows any areas of tenderness, appropriate films should be considered before the patient is moved.1987, James M. Hurst, Common Problems in Trauma, Year Book Medical Pub. From the entry cervicothoracolumbar
• While the localized pain is ultrasevere, the localized tenderness is not marked, compared to the intensity of the pain.1925, Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, Atlantic Medical Journal, Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, page 559. From the entry ultrasevere
• Suddenly I forgot the bickerings of my uncle and brother and was overcome with tenderness and grief for my father.1924, H. G. Wells, The Dream, Part One, Chapter 4, §1. From the entry kindliness
• She complained of emaciation, nervousness, tenderness of the scalp, weakness of the back, claustrophobia, and other morbid fears.1902 JANUARY, WM. BALDWIN KEYES, D.D.S., “Pyorrhea Alveolaris With Special Reference To Practical Medicine.”, in The Dental Cosmos, volume…. From the entry claustrophobia
• Just Like You could stand alone as the ladlit-meets-mumlit social satire that it is, its vicious wit paradoxically interwoven with tenderness and empathy.2020 September 18, Joanna Briscoe, “Just Like You by Nick Hornby review – ladlit meets mumlit”, in The Guardian. From the entry lad lit
• For another staple, daing na bangus, milkfish is relieved of its bones, splayed and soaked in vinegar overnight for tenderness, then crisped in a pan.2018 March 12, Ligaya Mishan, “Filipino Food Finds a Place in the American Mainstream”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry daing na bangus
• The Sosteks, the Weisses, the Fischlers, the Arbeits: they welcomed baby-queer-me with tenderness, and ran interference with my parents about it for, oh, a decade.2013 September 23, S. Bear Bergman, Blood, Marriage, Wine, & Glitter, arsenal pulp press, →ISBN. From the entry baby queer
• The idea of Protestant ministers touching the body of Christ (the bread) with great love and tenderness like the priest described is almost incomprehensible.2007, Colin James Isbister, The Body of Christ, page 99. From the entry lose the plot
• Our other entrée was murgh massalam ($3.50), half a chicken of fall-off-the-bone tenderness in a rich brown cream sauce garnished with a whole hard-boiled egg.1976, Chicago, volume 25, page 125. From the entry murgh
• But beauty of the mind and richness of the spirit and tenderness of the heart—and I have all of those things—aren't taken away, but grow!1947, Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 10. From the entry cast pearls before swine
• Carol’s family were self-sufficient in their inventive life, with Christmas a rite full of surprises and tenderness, and “dressing-up parties” spontaneous and joyously absurd.1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street, page 7. From the entry puella
• A more recent second breach has created an additional tiny island between the Vineyard and Chappy, further separating us and increasing the tenderness of the southern shore.2010, Susan Klein, MARTHA'S VINEYARD: Now & Zen: Communities, Traditions, and Transformations, Alan Brigish, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57. From the entry chappy
• He loved these breasts of hers, these assertive softnesses that seemed the signature of an immeasurate tenderness hidden behind the world but expressing itself here in full.1998, Rafi Zabor, The Bear Comes Home: A Novel, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry immeasurate
• The scallops are pounded and watchfully cooked to maximize their callow tenderness, which is further italicized by the mushroomiest sauce on the block, glowing with fine Marsala wine.1995, Brian Karsh, “Before and After”, in TheaterWeek, volume 9, New York, N.Y.: That New Magazine, Inc., →ISSN, page 54, column 3. From the entry mushroomy
• But there is a sympathy, a tenderness of understanding in these modern painters which is as typical of this age, as the titanic :power of the Tintorettos and Titians.1926 October 11, C. F. B., “Old and New Pictures in Venice”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic edition, volume XVIII, number 268…. From the entry titian
• He thought of his parents and Mary with the tenderness of separation, and felt ashamed because he had neglected his mother's letter for this unknown, unsubstantiate Martha's.1921, Olive Mary Salter, Martha and Mary, page 43. From the entry unsubstantiate
• She noted with tenderness all the makeshifts: the darned chair-arms, the patent rocker covered with sleazy cretonne, the pasted strips of paper mending the birch-bark napkin-rings labeled "Papa" and "Mama."1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 12, in Main Street. From the entry sleazy
• Older people, however, and especially those who have what may be called a “dready” disposition, do not call their muscle discomfort soreness and tenderness; they speak of pains and aches.1920, James Joseph Walsh, Religion and Health, page 244. From the entry dready

Meaning of tenderness

1. noun Quality, state or condition of being tender.
2. noun A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
3. noun A concern for the feelings or welfare of others.

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Questions about tenderness in a sentence

How do you use tenderness in a sentence?

Tenderness is used as a noun. For example: “He picked her up in his arms with great tenderness.”

What is a short sentence with tenderness?

“Everybody needs a little tenderness sometimes.”

What does tenderness mean?

Tenderness means quality, state or condition of being tender.