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tenderly

ten der lee

  • r  with tenderness; in a tender manner
    tenderly she placed her arms round him

  • That 20% may spend its time lustily or quite tenderly.
  • We see him playing pinball in a darkened bar, his shirt clean and his tie carefully knotted; we see him tenderly embracing a drinking lady, played wanly and sadly by Charlotte .
  • He is almost as solicitous toward employees as he is toward celebrities, and treats autograph hunters as tenderly as his audiences or his relatives.
News & Articles

  • Saving China's finless porpoise
    Professor Kou Zhangbing conducts a health check. He tenderly calls the patient over with a tap of his hand, checks tongue and teeth for injuries, eyes for mood, and skin for scratches. As a treat, he hands out a salted fish.
    June 21, 2013 - CNN
  • Saving China's threatened finless porpoise
    Professor Kou Zhangbing conducts a health check. He tenderly calls the patient over with a tap of his hand, checks tongue and teeth for injuries, eyes for mood, and skin for scratches. As a treat, he hands out a salted fish. 0 read more
    June 20, 2013 - KETK 56 Tyler
Quotes

  • Mirek Topolanek in BusinessWeek
    If I put it very tenderly, the divergence in opinions was rather big,Topolanek told AFP on a plane home.
  • Nick Cave in NME.com
    The movie is about the loss of things, the absence of things, the lack of things,Cave said. "The lack of the wife/mother is present in every frame of the film. The delicate edifice of the film holds the ache of her absence, tenderly and by...
  • Pierce Brosnan in Los Angeles Times
    Brosnan said he and the director "spoke briefly about the loss of wives. I lost a wife, and this man lost his wife in the most barbaric fashion. He spoke tenderly and openly about the light and the love that he still carries for Sharon" [Tate].

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