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Meanings of so tender in English

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Usage of so tender in English
1
Never was general in battle so tender for the wounded as he.
Tom Tufton's Travels
2
Neither can it be procured so tender as in a cold climate.
The Philippine Islands / A Political, Geographical, Ethnographic...
3
That he'd been so tender earlier when he made love to her.
No mercy
4
The meat was so tender and tasteful he sighed out loud twice.
Seduced by a highlander
5
Cooked in the ground oven, it was so tender it fell apart.
The Mammoth Hunters
6
I 'm sorry your heart is not so tender as your conscience.
Roderick Hudson
7
Her eyes were very beautiful-hertouch so tender that Una found courage.
Rainbow Valley
8
The berries are shaken from the bush because they are so tender.
The Irish Times
9
But his voice was so tender that tears came to her eyes.
Toxic
10
This act, so tender and respectful, touched him to the heart's core.
Helen and Arthur; or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
11
Ef yer skin's so tender what are ye doin' in the army?
The Red Acorn
12
It was so tender from what had been a screaming, anarchic audience.
The Guardian
13
Were any other lips so tender, so tremulous, so arched, so sweet?
The Precipice: A Novel
14
The way he'd held her... it had been so tender, loving.
The Heiresses
15
Robb Stark is not half so tender, and he never smelled as good.
A Game of Thrones
16
We always feel so tender over those that are in trouble.
Agatha's Husband: A Novel
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So tender through the time
So tender across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common