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Example sentences for "tender"

Lexicographically close words:
tendant; tended; tendencies; tendency; tendent; tendered; tenderer; tenderest; tenderfeet; tenderfoot
  1. We will agree to let you select the tender part of the steak, and such fruit as seems to strike you favorably, just as we did before.

  2. I beg leave at this time to officially tender my resignation as postmaster at this place, and in due form to deliver the great seal and the key to the front door of the office.

  3. There can be no more pitiable sight to the tender hearted, than a young woman of marked ability writing an obituary poem while under the influence of liquor.

  4. My Dear Sir: [Tender part of letter omitted for obvious reasons.

  5. We have no more fitting illustration of the great truth that death prefers the young and tender than the deceased turkey upon which we are soon to operate.

  6. I therefore bought five dozen tomato plants that were tender and large.

  7. He told me that unless my wife would guarantee the payment of his bill he should be under the painful necessity of consigning me to the Fleet Prison and the tender mercies of that notorious friend of humanity, Governor Bambridge.

  8. Twas almost as tender a thing, though not altogether so honest, as the maternal ministrations of the pelican.

  9. In a twinkling of those blue eyes I fell out of the carriage into a pair of strong, soft, tender arms covered with stiff gray percale, and received two hearty kisses, one on each cheek.

  10. The pasture is withered, the tender herb faileth, the green herb is no more.

  11. I invited him to supper with me, an invitation he gladly accepted, having himself contributed a tender lamb roasted whole towards our entertainment.

  12. The plain of Zerga was carpeted with tender grass, scarcely yet forward enough to afford pasture for our animals.

  13. He again pressed to his lips the tender hand he had retained in his own, and he then seated himself in an arm-chair, whilst, with a slight bow to Herr von Stielow, he cast a look of enquiry at the lady.

  14. She pressed the rosy nails into her tender hands, and looked thoughtfully before her for a moment.

  15. Sunbeam looked at her for a moment with an expression of tender pity.

  16. Well, he will have to get over it, just as he has got over a score of other tender passions.

  17. Their interests have been mine for so many years that I, knowing something of the tender passion myself, can sympathise with all.

  18. Only my mother always asks about the Captain with so tender a tone of respect.

  19. Yes, as tender as a woman could be to the man she had sworn to love; but he does not care for me, and I am haunted.

  20. Dear Lord Henry was so tender and kind to me," she continued lightly.

  21. I at first thought that they were a tender part of some marine monster, which the storm or some other foe had mangled.

  22. What right has the sea to bear in its bosom such tender things as sea-jellies and mosses, when it has such a boisterous shore that the stoutest fabrics are wrecked against it?

  23. In summer I saw the tender young of the Piping Plover, like chickens just hatched, mere pinches of down on two legs, running in troops, with a faint peep, along the edge of the waves.

  24. Doubtlesse the God of Wisdome and of Loue, As Solomon's braine he doth to you impart, So hath he given you David's tender hart.

  25. Nick doubtless had a tender heart, But not for Nelly Jones; He made Miss Popps "bone of his bone," But never made old bones!

  26. The abdomen is tender to pressure, and the tenderness may be referred to the spot mentioned above.

  27. In order to relax the pressure upon the tender area he probably lies with his right thigh slightly bent.

  28. The tenderest corner of Jean's tender heart was given to shabby people, and she longed to try to comfort and console, but dared not in case of appearing impertinent.

  29. And beloved Jock with his gruff voice and surprised blue eyes, so tender hearted, so easily affronted.

  30. The leaves of tender green suggest the fronds of Maidenhair Fern and are almost as beautiful, while the flowers are odd and pretty.

  31. Their flesh is usually tender and more savory than that of the domestic birds.

  32. In the thin and tender skin and hidden nostrils this genus shows some affinity to the Campophagidæ; the well-developed nuchal hairs and short tarsus indicate a close relationship to the bulbuls.

  33. In the typical flycatchers the skin is very thin and tender which, taken in combination with their small necks and large heads, makes their preparation as specimens very trying.

  34. No counsel knew what advice to tender to those who sought his guidance.

  35. I would have nourished and fostered it with a tender care; but life was already extinct.

  36. To the Editor of The Courant: I have read nothing more tender and moving than the subjoined letter found by a Red Cross agent at the side of a dead officer and forwarded to the person to whom it was addressed.

  37. We owe it also to the soldiers who defend our flag in those far-off French colonies, who from the very first outbreak of the war hastened back with their tender solicitude for the mother country.

  38. As she had thus constituted herself a tender or collier to the Geier, she was accorded the same treatment and interned on Nov.

  39. From large dark eyes whose great native beauty was heightened by that tender look of the soul that they harbored, the Negro girl stood watching her visitor depart.

  40. Mrs. Seabright did not at all relish the sentimental turn of her son's mind, but she began in as tender tones as she could summon: "Now I lay me down to sleep.

  41. Chide me, dear stone, that I may say indeed Thou art Hermione; or rather, thou art she 25 In thy not chiding, for she was as tender As infancy and grace.

  42. But think you, Helen, If you should tender your supposed aid, He would receive it?

  43. As well as one so great and so forlorn May hold together: on her frights and griefs, Which never tender lady hath borne greater, She is something before her time deliver'd.

  44. I promise you You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, To wish me wed to one half lunatic; A mad-cap ruffian and a swearing Jack, 280 That thinks with oaths to face the matter out.

  45. I 100 That chase thee from thy country and expose Those tender limbs of thine to the event Of the none-sparing war?

  46. He does indeed; And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honour of a maid: But she is arm'd for him, and keeps her guard 70 In honestest defence.

  47. Even thou, that hast A heart so tender o'er it, take it hence And see it instantly consumed with fire; Even thou and none but thou.

  48. You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, Will never do him good, not one of you.

  49. Gracious sovereign, Whether I have been to blame or no, I know not: Here's a petition from a Florentine, 130 Who hath for four or five removes come short To tender it herself.

  50. An assailant of every form of superstition, he has a tender affection for the greatest of superstitions.

  51. Devout in her tender soul and tolerant in her clear head, that is her personality.

  52. It came to him in that moment, as it never had before, how tender and sweet and helpful she was.

  53. Feeling that it would be of no use to talk to her then, Aunt ZĂ©lie left her to the tender ministrations of her sisters and Joanna, and went to seek the chief offender.

  54. Every one of those merry girls and boys was more thoughtful and tender for the association with him.

  55. You see," his father continued, laying his hand on his shoulder, "I always had such a tender feeling for my little sister that it is hard for me to understand how you could be so unkind.

  56. A look of tender pity came into Julie's face as she knelt by the bed and laid her hand over his.

  57. Much of the day he slept, but during his waking hours one of the girls was constantly with him, hovering about with a tender protective air.

  58. She was not conscious of the gentle, almost tender manner in which he lifted her down, but as he stood with bared head holding the door open, for her, she stopped a moment and put out her hands impulsively.

  59. These I now consigned to the tender care of the butcher, and ordered the sty in which they had been kept to be burned.

  60. A tender heart and a gentle spirit found strange housing in a body given over to reckless prodigality.

  61. His face was radiant; a tender light shone in his eyes.

  62. The promise of spring was fulfilled, and tender bloom peeped up in places, and in others showed itself more boldly.

  63. I have an idea," said the doctor, "that Timothy Chance has a tender feeling for your grandchild.

  64. During this speech Nansie's eyes were fixed upon his face in tender love and thoughtfulness.

  65. She could do no less," said Kingsley, in a tone of grave and tender affection, "to the life of any person who has the happiness to know her.

  66. And creeping into Millman's gray eyes there came a light of understanding as tender as a woman's, and for a moment more he lingered there, and then he tiptoed softly away.


  67. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tender" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accepting; accord; address; administer; adoring; affectionate; afford; allergic; allot; allow; anaphylactic; angry; attendant; attentive; award; batman; bellboy; bellhop; benign; bestow; bold; bootblack; boxcar; brotherly; budding; burning; caboose; caddie; callow; car; careful; carriage; cautious; charitable; circumspect; coach; commend; communicate; compassionate; compensate; complaisant; confer; conjugal; considerate; cordial; creamy; cruiser; curious; dainty; deal; decent; delicate; demonstrative; devoted; dewy; diner; dispense; dole; donate; easy; easygoing; eggshell; emotional; enter; extend; faithful; fee; feeling; feminine; fervent; festering; fiery; filial; flat; fond; forbearing; forgiving; fraternal; freighter; galled; gentle; gift; give; gloss; good; gracious; grant; green; growing; hand; heap; heedful; hold; human; humane; husbandly; hypersensitive; immature; impart; impressionable; indemnify; inexperienced; inflamed; ingenuous; innocent; intact; iridescent; irritable; irritated; issue; itchy; juicy; kind; kindhearted; kindly; languishing; launch; lavish; lax; lenient; light; local; lovable; lovelorn; lovesick; loving; maternal; mellow; melting; merciful; mete; mild; mindful; minor; moderate; nacreous; naive; nervous; nice; nominate; offer; opalescent; orderly; overture; page; painful; pale; parental; pastel; paternal; patient; pay; pearly; pitying; pose; pour; prefer; present; prickly; profess; proffer; proposal; propose; rain; raw; receptive; recompense; reefer; refined; regardful; remit; remunerate; render; responsive; reward; romantic; ruthful; sad; sappy; satisfy; sensible; sensitive; sentimental; serve; ship; shower; simple; skittish; sleeper; slip; smoker; snow; snug; sober; soft; softened; solicitous; somber; sore; squire; steward; stewardess; stiff; subdued; submission; submissive; submit; subtle; supersensitive; susceptible; sweet; sympathetic; tactful; tank; tanker; tender; tenderhearted; thoughtful; ticklish; tingling; tolerant; touching; touchy; truck; turn; understanding; undeveloped; unfledged; unformed; unlicked; unripe; unseasoned; usher; van; venture; vernal; vessel; virginal; vouchsafe; warm; warmhearted; waterproof; watertight; wifely; yeoman; yield


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    tender conscience; tender heart; tender notes; tender years