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Meanings of real tenderness in English

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Usage of real tenderness in English
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Julian said, and there was a touch of real tenderness in his voice.
Flames
2
Then Mrs. Garrison, real tenderness in her voice, called softly to her daughter.
Castle Craneycrow
3
Husband and wife looked at one another with real tenderness.
The Secret of the Night
4
So long since she'd had any real tenderness.
Million-dollar marriage merger
5
There was, therefore, a very real tenderness in the face she lifted for his good-by kiss.
The Amazing Interlude
6
Dan had taken it over after his father, and he had cared for it with real tenderness.
The ice princess
7
Mrs. Waltham beamed with real tenderness.
Demos
8
Marian saw so much real tenderness in his character, that she positively began to feel considerable affection for him.
The Two Guardians / or, Home in This World
9
Had he said that for her to hear, or had some real tenderness in his heart spoken to itself?
The Judge
10
She went up and put her hand on Kate's shoulder with more real tenderness than she had felt for months.
The Lookout Man
11
We have always suspected poets who employed this form, feeling thatit was the emptiest of pronouns, with no real tenderness to it.
The new yorker
12
Yet when the rails are removed, as has happened with a non-paying track in Charlesbridge, the road inspires a real tenderness in her.
Suburban Sketches
13
He leapt to her, sank on one knee, took the outraged fingers and kissed them, with mock gallantry and a suggestion of real tenderness.
Odd John
14
'Possibly,' he replied, with an all-knowing air, but with real tenderness in his voice.
Veronika Decides to Die
15
"You will at least accept my gratitude?" she said, as she drew quite close to him, and speaking with real tenderness.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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"If you think that-thatowoble suit is o'dina'y clothes!" she said, and stared at him and gave way to tears of real tenderness.
The Soul of a Bishop
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