英语词汇“tender”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

To Estha—steeped in the smell of old roses, blooded on memories of a broken man—the fact that something so fragile, so unbearably tender had survived, had been allowed to exist, was a miracle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if they had known the true meaning of the caller’s presence, the reception tendered him would have been less gracious, more guarded. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting the thorn out was not easy, for the foot had become so tender that Pipkin winced and pulled away even from Hazel’s tongue. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to his father’s ointment, the raw surfaces were healing well, but they were still very tender. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sorcerers existed, beyond a doubt, and it was only too likely that they would cast sleeping spells, and that a mother would care for her daughter in that fierce and tender way. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There rose a soprano clamor from all three boys as they rocked the boat in arching their tender necks to see. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. The line tender sees everything. Reads the divers’ signals, the terrain, the equipment. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But these precious relationships seem tender, vulnerable, at the risk of disappearing with one wrong word from my mouth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that Charlie’s face appeared before me, awakening memories of his kind and tender ways. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“There’s a mighty fine bird,” he whispered, and sighed a tender sigh. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I got to worrying about the deer, and for many days I climbed trees and cut down tender limbs for them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then out of habit I fired off the Repentance Psalm: Have mercy upon me, O God, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gently laid her hand on the Grand Elder’s arm, giving it a tender squeeze. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Outside their state I think Texans are a little frightened and very tender in their feelings, and these qualities cause boasting, arrogance, and noisy complacency—the outlets of shy children. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the scar’s red, but it’s no longer tender or swollen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then she drank the rich juices and popped the tender meat in her mouth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you understand, Crow?” he said, his voice so sad, so tender, that I couldn’t breathe. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He touched her shoulder lightly as he left and there was something in his eyes, something both tender and sad, that made her tell herself that she had been wrong to sense reluctance from him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He cut a green willow fork and held the fish over die fire until the skin crackled and peeled away and the meat inside was flaky and moist and tender. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I helped him construct a sturdy stick barricade around the periphery so the jungle animals and village goats would not come in and wreck our tender vegetables when they came. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured milk for her in the lid of an old enamel coffeepot, and then he opened the pen and let them run, greedy for the tender green shoots of tumbleweeds pushing through the sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote Winnie two letters about a particularly beautiful tomato plant, how I coaxed it from a tender seedling to a robust plant that produced deep red fruit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am always less fortunate than Robert. Has he been imparting tender confidences?” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

If they had known the various tender passages which had been nipped in the bud, they would have had the immense satisfaction of saying, “I told you so.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tender looked down again at his work. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama blinked back tears as she and Papa gave each other a final tender kiss. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it was tender and strong, as if the pressure of his lips could communicate all the things he felt for her, all the things he still didn’t have the words in him to say. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And I can understand a tender, unprejudiced Jesus. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tender had said that Jamison was probably somewhere in the wing, but she heard no sound. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chest and lungs still felt tender and the taste of oil lingered in his mouth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And it seemed to the tenders of the sick that on the Halfling and on the Lady of Rohan this malady lay heavily. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It is nothing like the schooling Gogol’s parents have known, fountain pens and polished black shoes and notebooks and good names and sir or madam at a tender age. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kat knows the way to roast horse-flesh so that it’s tender. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only when a splinter caught under her fingernail, biting deep into the tender flesh, did Naomi react. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, you look long at his tender arms and calves and you wish you could keep him inside the house for the next ten years, buckled up and helmeted. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down at them, as if they were utterly black and blue as a Oaxaca storm—and tender as new corn. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then by chance my knee found a tender spot between his legs and he doubled over, cursing me as I fled. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Her mother gave her hand a tender squeeze and pressed her lips against the girl’s black hair. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

An old, familiar feeling washes over me, Matilde’s tender- ness when I least deserved it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He isn’t thinking of harming her, or, as Hunter had cautioned, killing something tender. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was tender inside, almost painful if I inserted my finger. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to give him any indication that I was going to the attic to reopen the tender new scar tissue at my wrists. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She knew a moment of self-pity, of regret, thinking of the quill she had made, reliving all the tender dreams that had gone into the making of it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In its habits: It appeareth that Deus omnipotens reproduced not with a female of its own species, but by engendering young upon a female Homo sapiens of a tender age, viz. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Instead of continuing the argument about how they would cop, they began to fantasize about what the gold could buy when it became legal tender. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are, indeed. You are a tender one.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The Magnar all but ripped the maiden’s cloak from Alys’s shoulders, but when he fastened her bride’s cloak about her he was almost tender. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

These categories imply that we find Everest to be covered in snow; we make today Thursday; and the bank decrees that this is legal tender. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At this, his heart melted, and he wept a tear and embraced me, begging my pardon and calling me the most excellent of beings, the most tender of grandchildren. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Beg pardon, Tm sure,” said Sir Grummore, grieved at having touched upon this tender subject—and all was well. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your ageless heart as you move through time, layer on layer, tender sequoia . Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After weaning time, Violet would blow her breath on the babygirl’s food, cooling it down for the tender mouth. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. And I met Thomas the Carver. He ate his lunch with me. It was nice to have someone to talk to. “And the tender explained things I needed to know,” she added. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had sat there long enough to see that the tide was beginning to empty out of the New Meadows, he rose and followed the shore of Malaga Island back to the tender. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As she set the spirometer on the side table by my bed, she announced, “For lunch today we’ve got chicken tenders, and fries, and a small salad,” while setting the tray down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Again I thought, He is a child after all, still tender, still eager. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood a minute looking at her with new eyes, seeing what no one had ever seen before, the tender side of Amy’s character. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if patients have tubes in them, they’re in their arms, where they don’t interfere with things such as tender kisses or makeup. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry about your poor tender head,” he said, putting a hand on Gurgi’s shoulder, “and that a friend should be wounded for my sake.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They were mean, you know, mean and tender. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt moved and tender and perfectly certain about what I was going to do. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Swords and spears and fire; and nails being pounded into the tender flesh of a man’s hands. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I was careless of my words, wanting to wound him, if he had any tender places left. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She plugged my phone in the wall and put the sketchbook and pencils on the roller tray-table next to the chicken tenders I now wasn’t going to be eating. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It is tender where Eric’s gun struck me— I will have to put healing salve on it so it doesn’t bruise. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They noticed his pallor, and Ellen’s eyes were tender as she recognized the signs of tears, but they would not shame him by asking if the trip had been too hard for him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He introduced a voucher system, which at first functioned as a form of credit, but gradually became a substitute for legal tender. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rutherford cheerily tendered an invitation for Lawrence to visit the Cavendish, which Ernest accepted eagerly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He moved gingerly, like a man with a tender wound. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Hurds had sold their sloop but kept the tender, and one day, late in May, Turner borrowed it to row his mother over to Malaga Island, carrying with them a pot of violets. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“This going to hurt,” his father said—in such a different voice, so sad and tender!—turning again to the sofa. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had been picking the tender squash blossoms and sticking them to her cheeks until she was festooned with them. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hope it brings you a tender feeling. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward I always felt guilty and recited the Repentance Psalm: “Have mercy upon me, O God, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the blue bandanna he wore around his throat, the skin was still milky and tender. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Almost literally ripped from his mother’s arms and dumped in more austere surroundings at such a tender age, this scarred him mentally for life, although no unkindness was intended. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

One minute he was up on the balcony, singing in his tender, tone-deaf voice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The bigger, stronger cub was not frolicking with a tender, laughing female two-legs, being fed tidbits of meat in a pleasant sunlit open place. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

A slender sapling followed his fingers, unfurling its tender buds and shoots up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Kira held her breath because she feared that a tender might be sharing the room to guard the tyke at night. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gonzalez wondered how the file clerk managed to do his filing without disturbing the tender shoots. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’re probably a little surprised to hear me talking about admirers at such a tender age. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Scars covered his arm halfway to the elbow, and the mottled pink flesh still felt tight and tender, but it was healing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tough but tender grandpas need someone like that. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His tender old feet moved from one smooth rock to another. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the seeds finally mature, the berries turn red, sweet, and tender. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he avoided the tender subject altogether, wrote philosophical notes to Jo, turned studious, and gave out that he was going to ‘dig’, intending to graduate in a blaze of glory. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember no tender words or scented kisses. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Legal tender. Legal tender. I love it. Sounds like a virgin bride.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I would carefully dig out the plant, taking care not to let the steel of the shovel touch the tender roots. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the deepest and darkest and most tender parts of myself. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Then listen to me. Set your price much higher. In short, tender yourself more dearly, or you'll tender me a fool!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orange sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

No one followed me into the yard where the late afternoon sun had tenderized the midday harshness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turtle is as tough as rock and has to be boiled for hours before it gets tender. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pled with the few who still loaded sideboards and escritoires into tenders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But every now and then, I longed to search for a tender stalk of arrowroot, to feel the tease of a mango, just out of reach. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The trout was tender, but the cattail tubers were tough. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I moved to relieve pressure on an especially tender bruise. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a locomotive, a tender, and three little boxcars. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held my cheeks together, pressing the tender spot with her thumb. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

With each tender seedling that unfurled its small green leaf to my eager gaze, my excitement would rise and mount; winged, wondrous. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cut out a piece of the tender heart, which was nearly two feet long and about five inches in diameter. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all right: at present I decidedly preferred these fierce favours to anything more tender. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The tender pointed, directing them to a row of three wooden chairs on the left, just below the stage, facing the au-dience. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I only saw half, and ignored the other side of the poem: “The simple News that Nature told—With tender Majesty.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curl back up on the bloodstained mattress, not cold but feeling so naked with just the paper to cover my tender flesh. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Finally at one a voice answered with a gruff “Yes?” and she pushed the door open to see one of the tenders, a man she didn’t recognize, busy at a desk. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s going to be tender for a couple of days. But you’ll be fine. I promise,” the nurse says gently as she pushes a button to make the bed go flat again. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

If only I could erase the Doctorita’s beatings and insults and keep the tender moments. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Federal troops were withdrawn from the region and former slaves left to the tender mercies of Dixie whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It should be a tender gesture, but it’s an evaluating one instead. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We unanimously decided to tender our resignations on the grounds that we supported the boycott and did not enjoy the support of the majority of the students. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Medium rare. Keeps it juicy and tender. If you cook it all the way through, you might as well eat shoe leather.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She waited there with Thomas until long past dark, until the tenders had taken their food trays away. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one day I might just marry a virile, but tender, garage mechanic and have a big cowy family, like Dodo Conway. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The tender brought tea and they sat companionably together in the room while the rain spattered against the windows. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course you don’t cheat, Bailey,” his voice tender and paternal. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment the words would not come; there was room in me only for feeling, very deep, very tender, for this man who felt for me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet had ballooned and grown tender to the point that he finally admitted that walking on them felt like walking on needles. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was something brooding and tender in her face, a gentleness in her eyes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here the air was gentler, without the tooth of the wind; the grass spread rich and tender before him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

His face showed a tender pleading for the person inside to open the door and let him in. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He looked long and tender at her, and kissed her cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He just kept at it, torturing the soft body of the creature, pulling harder, stretching the tender thing as far as it would go. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then in a surprisingly tender voice, a professional trick, too, no doubt, but not without effect, Presto asked, “Listen, guy, you got any place to stay?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“For someone of your tender years, I suppose it is,” he mused, while inspecting the jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I was more awed than aware, but I knew whatever I was watching was somehow both tender and profound, with an intimacy that made me invisible to them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the tender age of four, I knew my father was gone from my life for good. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A smell of tender mushrooms, of wood-flower fungus, of old and concentrated outdoors impregnated the air of the bedroom as it was breathed by the colossal old man weatherbeaten by the sun and the rain. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Later, as the men feasted on the dogs, Worsley commented that the piece he was eating had a better flavor than the leopard seal, and Hurley found it “exquisitely tender and flavorous.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Tonight, it's Ochún who's supposed to fill our heads with thoughts and dreams of beautiful sparkling things, pretty faces, soft touches, warm hugs, tender kisses, and deep connections. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The clerk, having seen this many times over the years, usually accepted our tender without comment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The piggy? Oh, terrible hunger pinches! Gurgi cannot remember. Was there a piggy? Gurgi is fainting and falling into the bushes, his poor, tender head is full of air from his empty belly.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

That hurt deep in the heart’s tender parts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luna’s mother scooped up Xan as tender as could be, and instructed Antain and Luna to hang on to her shoulders, as the crow hung on to Luna. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Stone-dead she dropped into the sloshing bilge the way a tern plummets; and the sailors heaved her over as tender pickings for the seals and fish. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line tender holds the line above the surface. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The lives we had lived already, at such a young and tender age, gave way to many discussions about the future and what it held for us. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Might be it fancies that tender bit in your belly." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

These were rights they didn't think I needed from the tender age of fourteen to twenty-five. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“And you believe his tenders of affection?” he said with scorn. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me—The simple news that Nature told—With tender Majesty. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am always less fortunate than Robert Has he been imparting tender confidences?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning I slapped an enormous bee between my hands just as it had lit upon a flower and it stung me in the tender center of my left palm. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clouds present diffuse bands of tender grays and blues, and below them the ocean does the same. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

On the surface, the line tender, the family, the police, and the paramedics wait for four tugs on the line. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was just an articulation, tender and meaningful, of the thing that had caught us both by surprise. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My nose was tender and smarted when I touched it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just before sundown the squash is cooked and the squirrel is juicy and tender. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems to me,” said Arthur, “that you are allowing yourself the luxury of a needlessly tender conscience.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their pink and tender skin taught me how to be more careful than I’d ever been. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When my tender skin has toughened enough to withstand the pressure of sheets, more visitors arrive. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Beyond rose Middle Mountain, just 2,500 feet high but acutely angled and an entirely different experience on a hot day with a cumbersome pack sagging down on tender shoulders. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer, who had earlier tendered his acceptance, felt obliged to show up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Both inside and outside have a sour painful feeling. Too tender to even touch!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His two black laborers walked the rows, touching the tender flowers, fingering the soil and trying to puzzle out the sky. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tender grasses peek up, innocent yellow, through the ground: the children of the dead. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran away to indulge the inclination, leaving the tender and the sublime of pleasure to Harriet’s share. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The slippery, light green leaves had fibrous stalks that did not become tender from cooking and so had to be carefully plucked out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Papa gave her a tender kiss on the cheek and put the coveralls on right over his pajamas. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My scalp is throbbing; a tender lump has formed where my head hit the floor in the train station. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Emma only nodded, and smiled.—After a little thinking, and a very tender sigh, he added, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

A sharp pain shot through the tender flesh below his thumb. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He had declined the sauteed new greens, the tender and expensive leaves of bean plants plucked before the sprouts turn into beans. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stop touching it, the skin raised and tender. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A tender brought tea and they sat together, talking of the robe and its stories, of the history it told, of the time before the Ruin. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gingerly touching them, I felt a pebble beneath the pink, tender flesh. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Chew leaves and apply them to my stings that are deflated but still tender. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

One instant, her grandmother’s skirts would brush against a dead cottonwood tree, and the next, its branches were covered in tender green leaves. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was the only one who knew that despite her sharp ways, her heart was more tender than a flower skin and she loved me beyond reason. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is not a spark of anything sweet, or tender, or shimmery. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He ran to the fencerow where he had left two pieces of bread and the cuts from a particularly tender haunch of beef that Nancy had wrapped in a white cloth for him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was actually ten, but I was not going to stomp all over his tender campaign of first love. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had nude a special effort to learn all their names, so he might thank them later for their tender treatment of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“No wonder you made it into the Arcanum at such a tender age.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This new order of things disgusted him, and he howled dismally for ‘Marmar’, as his angry passions subsided, and recollections of his tender bondwoman returned to the captive autocrat. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Poetic though they sound, and I appreciate that you’ve just described both tender ballads of love and socially prescient commentary, I still don’t believe this rings any bells.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took his penknife from his pocket and cut off tender bites. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She spoke to them with a quiet, tender voice. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But that mouth might decide to take a small sojourn down to the soft place under the jaw, or the tender, exquisite spot just below the ear. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The tale is typical of the Alexandrian poets, tender, a little soft, but always in exquisite taste. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even at the tender age when I didn’t yet know my real name, I was puzzled by the hypocrisy of celebrating a people everyone looked down on. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a lump, painful and tender, on the right side of my head. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got off at the observation deck on the forty-second floor to find that the garden, which loomed so large to its tenders, was hopelessly hidden from view by buildings. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when his parents were killed in a mining accident, the mate went to live in the grove with her, learning to nurse the tender shoots into towering giants with rustling fan-shaped leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And Carolina, although a little distressed by his tender mockery, quietly smiled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, sometimes I lay awake, wishing for the warmth of another just like me, asleep in a night nest of tender prayer-plant leaves. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Nailer’s shoulder was tender and inflamed from all the activity and it made climbing difficult. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Old Bilder examined him all over with most tender solicitude, and when he had finished with his penitent said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

At such times I looked at him with—yes—with tenderness. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bland bread was fluffy, tender, and dissolved on his tongue like cotton candy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Free to be tender or violent, to whistle or weep. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

As with the adult Durham Klan unit, however, most of the Youth Corps’s work was focused on perceived local problems, and, given the tender age of Corps members, that meant problems in the schools. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After all this time the scar is still tender. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is still too tender to be able to recover so quickly from a shock like the one I had last night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They rolled, teeth clipping at tender ears, hind claws digging for purchase in soft belly fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But Ma’s spirit had a soft, tender underside. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mama’s no-nonsense voice was so tender, it made me cry, but I would not let her touch me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That finger had touched my mother in tender ways I did not fully comprehend. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Dinner is chicken tenders with potatoes and salad and a pear. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She curled up on the bed, feeling small and pink and tender as a cocktail shrimp, and let her fantasy go, like a balloon soaring into the sky until it burst. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At dinner my first night on the peak, Dad described the explosion as a tender mercy from the Lord. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And when a seed is dropped in, it can easily germinate and take root and push its tender new leaves toward the sun and begin the marvelous process of photosynthesis. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did Meg miss any of the romance from the daily parting, when her husband followed up his kiss with the tender inquiry, “Shall I send some veal or mutton for dinner, darling?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choicest potatoes, the tastiest morsel, the tenderest bit of whatever there is, that’s Madame’s motto. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Outside, special blend of spices. Inside, tender and juicy. What could be better?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked toward the rear, giving the whites a fawning, almost tender look. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My forehead was still tender to the touch, and the stitches were as ugly as sin, but I was feeling better. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“What happened, honey?” she asked Peach in a tender voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his finger on the photograph in such a tender way that you can see his heart is very big for this little boy. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

And so he is tender and careful, and comes to her clean that their fulfilment may be rich and blessed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she took Deydey’s gift with a tender thanks, knowing how much he delighted in choosing the presents, and how rarely he praised. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Many women tendered their resignations during their pregnancies and reapplied to the laboratory when they were ready to work again, hoping they would find a way to wrangle back their old jobs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Inside were three packages, wrapped up in white tissue paper, and clustered together in a tender, intimate way like eggs in a nest. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“He is the eternal urge of desire establishing the purposes of all creatures. He is an infinite patience, a tender care that nothing in the universe be vain.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t know it was possible for the tips of your teeth to feel sensitive, tender to the touch. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could not make out his tender qualities. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘You were less tender to me,’ said Glóin with a flash of his eyes, as old memories were stirred of his imprisonment in the deep places of the Elven-king’s halls. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They chewed tender new stems of foxtail, almost as placidly as the animals below. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shivered, my fingers straying to the tender bruise around my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Fadi avoided the plate of mantu and chewed on a piece of tender grilled chicken, watching the American couple awkwardly dunk bread into their eggplant dip. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

This frightened Francie into believing that hair grew on the faces of all nuns who entered the convent at a tender age. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put the bracer on her left forearm, positioning it to keep her sleeve from interfering with her quick draw, but also to cover the tender inside. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Jo had been led away by tenders but not before she had had an exhilarating moment of triumph. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kottayam Bible Society was having a fair and asked Mammachi to make some of her famous banana jam and tender mango pickle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little creatures were cunning and hard to catch, but their meat was tender and rank. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The greatest jolt came when Dr. Moroka tendered a humiliating plea in mitigation to Judge Rumpff and took the witness stand to renounce the very principles on which the ANC had been founded. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice had the tender concern of a healthy person speaking to an invalid, and her plain statement rang thrillingly true: “I’m thankful.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother asked him to talk to her and he returned from the guest house with his Fra Angelico eyebrows lifted in tender exasperation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They were peach trees, budded most delicately pink, and willow trees thrusting forth tender green leaves. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She held him in the same ferocious, tender way Sarah Ruth had held him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I am toiling in my garden after a rain, moving tender seedlings. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When the tender came with the morning meal, Kira asked that the lights be lit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bit the inside of my cheeks as I moved up the hallway, grinding tender slabs of flesh between my teeth. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The ribs were very tender on the left side. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I love you, Will,” Evy assured him in her soft tender voice that was a caress in itself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The brain is very tender,” the doctor said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They mashed their tender pink snouts down into the slop, and rooted and grunted their satisfaction. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new carrots, tender and pale, won’t be ready for weeks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one disturbed her, and she used to lie there on Beth’s little red pillow, planning stories, dreaming dreams, or thinking tender thoughts of the sister who never seemed far away. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew enough to be tender with her without knowing why. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I catch three pumpkinseed sunfish and a catfish while Bando gathers tender dandelion leaves, chicory greens, and wild carrots for salad. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her fingers around his own and gave a tender squeeze. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Leave that to my father. He knows bank people who know other bank people. They’ll give him legal tender for it.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even before all Berkeley’s commitments and promises were formally ironed out, he tendered his regrets to Conant. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The flesh is white and tender and very sweet. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice held a tender note that made my throat tighten. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Harsh words, but her voice is tender and the contradiction is a stony reminder that I am missing something vital. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The gesture is startling, atom-splitting, because it’s so unexpected, so tender. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Of course, Sergeant Caputo didn’t see us as bereaved children going through the worst day of our tender young lives. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

After the strides we have made, the tender moments we have shared, is this betrayal? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The earlier tender tone in my mom’s voice dissipates. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He rushed off to the bathroom while I finished the soft, tender rice, then nodded at the pot on the stove as I stood up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

‘It mighty nigh time for these to be tender,’ she said cheerfully. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My fingers find tender lumps on my skull but no blood. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

So the year rolled round, and at midsummer there came to Meg a new experience, the deepest and tenderest of a woman’s life. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poured the water carefully over the blanket, and his hand immediately felt worse, more tender altogether. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I am amaze, and not at ease then; but she is so bright and tender and thoughtful for me that I forget all fear. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The canned sardines were delicious, well worth the tender gash on my head. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I refuse to retrieve the pouches, pout, go to bed, stare at the photograph of a real papaya tree, wonder if I’ll ever taste sweet, tender, orange flesh again. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It happened everywhere now, farms raided at night, raided of corn so tender they had not yet formed kernels and yams so young they were barely the size of a cocoyam. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Juice and chicken tender bits spray my plate. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

After all these centuries of tender loving care from millions of Tang families, the Stove King had gotten quite pudgy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman’s feet were singing, the tender skin of the ball louder than the heels. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked natural at first, tender and friendly, but his hand stayed there. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'd sooner come to grips with that pig. Robb Stark is not half so tender, and he never smelled as good." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And yet there was something gentle and tender about him, in the way he had his arm around Boobie, who was wearing a red T- shirt and shorts with his shoulder tilting down slightly. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the calm stillness I saw him open his eyes, his hand came to my face, tender and searching, wiping away the unruly tears. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tender budding of our new year, the periwinkles and the jasmine, the soft, scented champak blossom, had yielded place to the fierce flowering jacaranda and gold mohur, before Ira’s time came for giving birth. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My boy. My tender boy. My dream boy. Everything’s going to be okay.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I said, and gently patted the steering wheel like it was my tender new baby. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Just like that, something tender he had never felt before took over his bones and seeped into his guts like a golden molasses, making him want to cry. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pouches of pan-fried shredded coconut Tamarind paste on banana leaf Steamed corn on the cob Rounds of fried dough Wedges of pineapple on a stick And of course cubes of papaya tender and shiny. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The cow opens her meaty wet lips, curls her sandpaper tongue around the bunched clover like a fat rope, and rips the mouthful of tender leaves from its crown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Fresh flowers and tender shoots of vegetation were used to supplement the worm diet, also berries and whatever fruit a Sparra could carry in flight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Under the smudge of lipstick, her lips looked like a bruise, tender and raw. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There Kelvin proved himself such a prodigy that he was admitted to Glasgow University at the exceedingly tender age of ten. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Opening my own eyes, I saw Miss Love smile, and him smile back, so tender. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I can’t walk evenly, my body is tender all over, my stump is throbbing....I need to take my leg off and rest. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They found something endearing about it, something tender; it was the scorned mutt that no one else wanted. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last Test had been javelin throwing on horseback, and a spot on her wrist was still tender. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"I thank you for them . . . and for your tender words. I pray you a lucky name day, Your Grace." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

From a tender age it had been Alba’s responsibility to put fresh flowers in the vases. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But so breathtaking were the streets that late afternoon, with their sentinel trees and tender gardens, that the sun itself seemed to waver, unsetting, reluctant to leave; it was the onlooker whose presence weighted everything. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vines crowded each other in a twirling mass, winding desperately around each other’s stems, suffocating the tender com shoots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

O dear good faithful tender Joe, I feel the loving tremble of your hand upon my arm, as solemnly this day as if it had been the rustle of an angel’s wing! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Right now it’s enough to say that despite everything that happened that summer, I remain tender toward the bees. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she was good because wherever she was, there was life, good, tender, overwhelming, fun-loving and strong-scented life. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a precious deposit!” said he with a tender sigh, as he received it. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

There was roast duck and sweet, brined pork and tender, spiced lamb. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then her children would not have gone hungry; she would not have had to scrub floors for their living and her memory of him would have remained a tender shining thing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My thoughts and emotions tangle—longing and confusion and uncertainty, but beneath the chaos in my mind, the tender reeds of hope take root and grow inside me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Motion passed. Discipline will be set at a formal letter of apology tendered to—” “For God’s sake, Arthur,” Hemme broke in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She touched the tender purple lump above his ear. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Al Ulbrickson wasn’t one to waste a lot of time trying to figure out a touchy kid’s tender spots. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So many tins of anchovies, so much chainsaw snoring, so many tender offerings of water bottles and clean socks. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I could feel my entire body shaking like a tender leaf in a powerful gust of wind, my relief was so great. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Mom, Abbey, and I pushed together to slide the bone- fish skiff off the trailer, since Dad’s hands were still tender from the fractured bones. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Taisin had forgotten the way it infused every leaf with vibrant color, causing the veins to stand out in sharp relief against the tender green. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As surety for their safety, seven hostages were tendered us. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She wrote, “Though gentle and tender, he had such a dignified repose and reserve of manner that, as children, we regarded him with fear rather than affection.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He turns my arm over and eases the tip of the needle into the tender skin on the side of my neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

At one time he had and used as legal tender at least forty-five tops of various sizes and colors, from the thick clumsy baby tops to the lean and dangerous splitters with their needle points. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I harbored a secret crush on Jonah, I knew at the tender age of fourteen that it wasn't wise to get wrapped up in someone with a drug problem. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Emma understood him; and as soon as she could recover from the flutter of pleasure, excited by such tender consideration, replied, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

To find coolness and a way to avoid mosquitoes unable to fly that high up or unwilling to leave the tender neck meat near the street lamps. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given Penelope’s tender feelings about animals, she did not think she could bear to see her pupils tear one limb from limb without becoming extremely upset. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s tender to the touch. It turns red if you touch it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel remained awake for some time, licking Buckthorn’s leg, which was stiff and tender. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tender, secret influence that passed from them into us could not rise again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I took off my boots, my feet looked wrinkled and tender and white. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A large sheaf, but I know there’s room in your heart for it, Marmee dear,” added Meg’s tender voice. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As long as it’s not chicken tenders it’ll be something new for me.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was a tender plant with flowers like white stars hiding under the leaves, which were like the flower petals but green. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gently pressed around the perimeter of his wound with one hand, making note of tender areas. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“No, they said they’d come for us. I asked the tender who brought my breakfast. “ Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But tender words from the Lord of the Underworld? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was blood already—he’d stumbled and ripped open the tender web of skin at the base of his thumb on a jagged splinter—and buckets of sweat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The food—fried okra, steamed corn on the cob, and pot roast that was so tender it fell right off the plastic fork—convinced me that Dolores was an even better cook than Maureen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“But I did mind you, Pip,” he returned with tender simplicity. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He met my eyes again, and they were surprisingly tender. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sea was so smooth it looked sleepy, and the tender, even when Turner rowed as hard as he could, left: no wake. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Big, dark blue eyes are set widely apart, and are quick and tender or stern with the man’s moods. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But I’d seen how clever he was at pawing through the snow to the tender grass below. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Thomas had returned to his own quarters to work, and Kira too with extra lamps lighted by the tender, had settled to her task, stitching carefully throughout the afternoon. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I boil it for a long time before it’s tender enough to fry. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I was only going to say that I wanted to clean the captain’s ear, but it’s too tender to be touched.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gran sounded exasperated and tender at the same time. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin still feels hot and tender from where I scrubbed myself in the shower this morning; the inside of my mouth, my cheeks, my tongue, they feel bitten. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then usually he would back off, apologetic and tender. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature has a maker, a boy with nimble fingers and a tender heart. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Your hands are bigger than mine, and you will stretch my glove dreadfully,” began Meg, whose gloves were a tender point with her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Meg looked straight up in her husband’s eyes, and said, “I will!” with such tender trust in her own face and voice that her mother’s heart rejoiced and Aunt March sniffed audibly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Noris was like me, she wanted to give herself to things, and at her tender age, she could only imagine giving herself to children. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother gazed at me a little longer, with an expression that was both tender and perplexed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was good: tender flesh, with a taste somewhat like chicken, but still quite different. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most wistful, tender anecdotes generally were told on days when some incident had touched him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner took the oars without thought and kept the tender moving into the waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The father’s tenderest feelings were supposed to make his voice quaver as he said, Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Little Agnes had a lot of it, always uncooperative to the comb, and she had a sensitive, tender scalp. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I recall flying fish as being quite tasty, their flesh rosy white and tender. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She frowned, squeezed her eyelids together, and touched her tender mouth with her tongue. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But really, with all those multitudes of tender mercies, He has got to understand sometimes you need to scare a person a little for her own good. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he does, there’s such a tender quality to his voice that I can’t help looking up at him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He could no longer hear the water—not the rain or the charging of fins through the sea—only the snapping of flames as they gobbled the ancient trees and tender saplings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The man’s voice is tender, barely a whisper, a short knife in the tension that grips the house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They loved the grooming, but sometimes they were a little shy of the dandy brush when we came close to tender spots. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He stroked her warm hair, her tender shoulders, and then he kissed her face again and again, and presently she gave a deep, shuddering sigh and fell still. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When she took her vows, he presided over the ceremony and, like a tender father, gave her in marriage to Christ. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing so sweet,” murmured Orgoch, sucking a tooth, “as a tender young lamb’s summer afternoon.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

In it I saw myself as unbreakable, as tender as stone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She lifted seedlings out of the flat, untangling their nets of tender white roots. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

"I did not say you were a thief. I said I suspected it. If I am wrong, I'll gladly tender an apology." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt sorry for Travis, the youngest and most tender of the bunch, who ate alone and cast piteous, moony looks at Lula. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

With its wonderful crisp yet tender crust and floury bottom, it was easily the most wonderful bread in the world, she thought, when it was fresh. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s late afternoon when I wake; the sun emerges from the clouds, highlighting the tender greens all around the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

God sees the little sparrow fall, It meets His tender view; If God so loves the little bird, I know He loves me too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to recall the tender moments they had shared when she was alive. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But given the scene around me and my own tender wrist, I wondered whether his study wasn’t valid after all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see, my son. I do see them. Let them sleep. They haven’t closed an eye for so long ... They’re exhausted .. . exhausted . ..” His voice was tender. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t hunger, not really, just the primal need to feel my mouth move, to cut the tender meat against my teeth, to have the still-hot grain warm my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The skin there was still tender, blooming to black. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“The one who brought your food? That’s a tender. They’ll help you however you want. And a guardian will be checking on you every day.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite her torments, she was always tender to her girl, even if her big toothless smile fell like an ax the moment Lovey turned away. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I held my fountain pen in my left hand, the nib sunken into the tender flesh of my right forearm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In those tender mornings the Store was full of laughing, joking, boasting and bragging. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Horse ain’t legal tender. You don’t move until I get my money.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not yet understand that it was this fact of being tender—of having lived some years of a life that allowed tenderness—that would, finally, save me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“We lost two sons. Raja died by an accident. The child was too tender for this world; he could not live as we did. After the crops failed he—”I stopped again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of her tender age, her captors did not immediately force their urges upon her, but eventually some of the more seasoned mates dragged her from the hold six weeks into the passage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“The tenders will show you how it works,” he explained. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they went below the surface and came up again, but mostly they waited for him in his puny tender. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It hurt his pride at a tender point. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Malvonne could feel the wall of life pressed up against the woman’s palms; feel her hands bashed tender from pounding it; her hips constrained by the clutch of small children. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, with Crane-man’s careful ministrations, the wound on Tree-ear’s hand would begin to heal, the tender pink layer toughening slightly. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Harry lay there, staring up at the patch of light on the ceiling, his recently mended skull not hurting, precisely, but feeling slightly tender underneath all the bandaging. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was tender the way he said it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man next to her—her husband, from the familiar, tender way he touches her—tries to help her up, and the soldier lifts his gun and gestures for the man to keep going. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My ribs were so tender that breathing became a new adventure in spiked pain. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The skin under my jaw felt swollen and tender. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her skin was pink and tender, and a pale milky fluid was leaking from her cracked palms, but her bums were healing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Not when we moved into number twenty-three, a roomier, lovelier house than I’d imagined I’d live in at the tender age of twenty-six. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come, you, and gaze upon the tar man! Blackly he reposes, tender face the color of soot, withered limbs like veins of coal, feet lumps of driftwood hung with shriveled grapes!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Nancy’s eyes flashed in a fierce, tender way. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had let his love, a tender maiden, come alone to a place full of danger, and not been there first to protect her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Pastor Dames introduces him, Paul Robeson sits like a tender giant, strong and confident. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He meant for it to look tender and affectionate, but there was a tension in her body like that of a startled deer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His own was the flimsiest cotton, and tender in every fiber from long wear. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Looking at Dad’s tender eyes, I felt a little better. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To hear is to obey, but March is fairer far than May,” said little Parker, making a frantic effort to be both witty and tender, and getting promptly quenched by Laurie, who said... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin is pale and looks un- wholesomely tender, like the skin under a scab. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once when she said this Wang Lung was curious and he asked her, “What was it in your tender years that made you thus fearful of men?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It takes a few scoots because the stump is very tender. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the early morning peasants sold vegetables I had never seen or eaten before in my life—and my mother assured me I would find them so sweet, so tender, so fresh. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Muslims, they had a very tender heart for all unfortunates, and very sensitive feelings for truth and justice. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rubbing his tender knuckles, Reynie went on, “I think the question is why you were running instead of walking.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he spread her legs she was wet and he slid inside her, saying her name as no one had ever said it and as no one ever would, sugary and tender. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"I understand that you are to be married soon. Permit me to tender my congratulations." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted the plate cover, the condensation dripping all over my chicken tenders. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I had a headache—not an ache in my brain but an actual aching of my brain, as if the organ itself was tender. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We drove out on the slack and unloaded our rockets with tender care. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She saw her share of bare skin, too—brown, not blue—and watched the pulse of unprotected throats and tender, pale wrists. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His grip was not hard, but his icy look hid from me any tender feelings he might have harbored. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I’d be tending my herb garden, clipping sprigs of fragrant leaves or replanting tender roots, then all of a sudden, a single tear would fall down my face without my awareness, surprising me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her skin was pale and translucent and her mouth was tender. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a house girl’s tender physique and shrank further in her simpering. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I hated when Gran had been rough with doing my hair, and I was glad I wasn’t the only one in the family who was tender headed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The tenderness between two people can turn the air tender, the room tender, time itself tender. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you worry. She won’t be gone often. I shall demonstrate our tender hospitality to you, such that you will not even think about ever going back.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

My grandmother became an orphan at the tender age of seven. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Taylor tried to lead the way, but many of the girls ran scattershot for the forbidding jungle, scrambling over brambles, scraping their tender flesh against the prickly trunks of the palms. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The man held Gabes neck with one gloved hand, raised his weapon with the other, and touched the tender skin there with the blade. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One night, when the sea breeze remembered that autumn wasn’t far away and so began to blow colder, Turner told Willis he wanted to take the tender out into the bay. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then the woman said in the most tender voice I’d ever heard, “I love you so much.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her face was sweet and tender, and, like Mr. Morton, she loved the vast hordes of unwashed and unwanted children more than she loved the cared-for ones. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira nodded agreement, and Thomas left the room to summon the tenders. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fell down again, holding my tender crotch, and tried not to scream. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rough scraping left his scalp tender, littered with nicks. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Do what you can to bear up, and think how invariably kind and tender you have been to her. I am in bed, not very well.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

During my time there they were numb or slightly tender from the constant examinations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At first, our kisses were sweet and tender, but with each one, an urgency welled inside me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

An Incan princess felt the tenderest of passions for a Conquistador who had arrived with horses to subdue her nation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Christoffel the errand boy has curly blond hair and big blue eyes and the tender skin of someone who hasn't been shaving long. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The beginning had seemed so tender and so right. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives a tug on the line to let the line tender know he has reached bottom. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He caressed her with the tender, fatherly touch he sometimes used with animals, until the woman finally relaxed and allowed him to roll up the sleeves of her old Chinese robe, revealing her skeletal arms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smelled the sweat and soil and soap on the tender skin. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the leaves, shined to a tender green, gave a clue to the shower that had passed over Brooklyn. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

To my great relief, it thrived under our tender care, first stretching for the light and then trailing along the windowsill. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

That it was a tender mercy, that it had brought souls to God. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her tender look was all the affection and support I needed, and as she departed she turned to me and said, “Uqinisufokotho, Kwedini!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too soon it was over, leaving me with a tender feeling in my chest and a vague prickling in my eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Consulting contracts were tendered by Eastman Kodak, General Electric, and the American Cyanamid Company, and invitations flowed in to serve on government committees, to lecture, to testify before Congress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My mother’s tender caresses and my father’s smile of benevolent pleasure while regarding me are my first recollections. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

How anguished she would be when Ignatius described his tender pleasures. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep me warm, Caden,” she whispers, her voice like the tender creak of a sapling branch. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But the wing, instead of being soft and tender, was a bit tough, so the meat did not fall easily off the bone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed a great distance to it, as could never be gained by skiff or tender; and yet it filled all of that silent landscape, and so was not lost to the night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A surprisingly tender sentiment from Stannis, though undercut by that final, brutal if I can and the addendum and find a better match for her than Ramsay Snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Along the roadside the sage had tender new tips. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stabbed my chicken tender with a fork. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

While Kira watched curiously, Thomas approached the tender and spoke briefly to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And no pheasant buried in coconut leaves for twenty days and stuffed with wild rice and cooked over a wood fire so tender and delicate it make you cry. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was grey, but despite that and the slow, tender manner in which he walked, he wasn’t very old. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was so nasty crawling around underneath that dumpster picking up tomatoes, ketchup packets,dipping-sauce containers, and half-eaten baked potatoes and chicken tenders, but it was so much fun. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He recovered quickly under Ben’s tender ministrations, a mug of mead, and a reminder that not everyone was cut out to have eyebrows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Words that glisten with a kind of tender reverence. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never did either, but the power made me tender to her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his smile returned, and his eyes were tender again, and nothing harsher than cherry smoke came out of his mouth. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The tender tops against my hand felt like long eyelashes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to get him to open his mouth, to make sure all of his teeth were still there, but his jaw was too tender for me to touch it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Honey and grease ran over his fingers and dripped down into his beard as he nibbled at the tender meat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He leaned down and snipped off a tender morsel. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

From a certain angle, the spring seems so calm: warm, tender, each night redolent and composed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sansa had always seemed such a sweet child, tender and courteous. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My wrist was still tender when I shook the bishop’s hand. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Their meat was never as tender as the flesh of the animals that hadn’t anticipated death. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was relatively light work compared to pushing coal carts, but it required that he wear a kind of harness with a leather strap that chafed the tender scars on his lower back and tailbone. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They had given over the lives of their own children and tendered their grandchildren. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s have a look at that bruise. Is it tender?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I have no intention of smacking your poor, tender head,” said Gwydion. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When she worked on the quilt, head bent, awkward fingers guiding the needle carefully through the material, she experienced a strange, tender feeling that was new to her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d struck some tender tissue, but I didn’t understand its import. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

"I don't know," I said, realizing that I could feel nothing beyond the pressure around my head and the tender surface of my body. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He touched her cheek, real tender, and said, “I’m tired, Mary Willis. I thought maybe you and me could go to bed early tonight.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I smelt a mingling of Pablum and sour milk and salt-cod-stinky diapers and felt sorrowful and tender. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was as if a car had hit her at full speed, in the tender place between the lower tip of the breastbone and the belly button. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The line tender holds the line and directs the diver in an arch search, the primary diver moving in a three-foot circle around himself, feeling for the child. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I lived carrying a huge wound, tender, festering, and I shrank when I came near anything that I thought would touch it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa-Nnukwu complained that she would make his feet too tender, that even soft stones would pierce his soles now because he never wore sandals in the village, though Aunty Ifeoma made him wear them here. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Not to be confused with Kung Fu Panda or the panda you had pictured in your mind. They only eat the most tender bamboo shoots, along with some insects and fruits." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That earned him the worst thrashing he ever had at Winterfell, though it was almost tender compared to the beatings his brothers used to give him back on Pyke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One hundred twenty-three dollars in legal tender was promptly reduced to ash and smoke. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman thought about running anywhere on his tender feet and said, “Oh, well. I’ll try to catch him another time.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dad makes him chicken tenders three days a week. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The stew's made with tender chunks of lamb and dried plums today. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The larger of the two nudged my forehead with his own, a tender cat caress of friendship. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Dark as night, soft and crumbly, with tender green shoots poking through. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Nancy made a flat cake of white flour with a sprinkling of sugar on top, and Jenny pulled tender radishes and onions from her garden to give the taste of spring to their meed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She will tempt you with "It Gets Better Brown Butter Brownies," because we all need equal measures of tender reassurance and salty chocolate. Comfort me with food memoirs, the only books I want to read right now 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z

He had a rough life, a grim groin situation, redemption, and a tender bowl of soup with Sansa. “Game of Thrones” Season 8, Episode 3 Recap: The Stab Heard Round the World 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

Of all of Cage’s films, this tender and dramatically propulsive story is perhaps the simplest: He plays a once-hotshot chef who sets out to recover his abducted foraging pig. Nicolas Cage, Ranked From Wild to Mild 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

But in “Upstate,” Wood never abandons the darker concern of Alan’s visit, and the novel’s real substance stems from its tender exploration of the mystery of temperament. Review | What does a father most want for his children? James Wood’s novel shows us. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

This is where we sense McLaren best as an imaginative artist: the appraising eye, the tender pen. Review: ‘Frame by Frame,’ a Ballet That Puts a Filmmaker Center Stage 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

Less common is a Hamlet who is tender and romantic and achingly vulnerable, like a petal falling from the head of a flower at the end of its bloom. Review: In a Powerful ‘Hamlet,’ a Fragile Prince Faces His Foes 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

The movie involves obsessing over actors at a tender age. What 9 Movie Insiders Wore to the Toronto Film Festival 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

The movie is expansive and tender without sparing the humor or the peculiarity. Review: “The Old Man and the Gun” Is a Peak in Robert Redford’s Career 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

Cook for 10-12 minutes, or until most of the liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Southwestern Veggie Rice 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

Lysandre is tender, measured and entirely acoustic, yet that doesn't prepare you for quite what a weird album it is. Christopher Owens on life after Girls 2013-02-01T14:00:00Z

His version of “Lullaby,” from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” was tender, slightly eerie and harmonically alluring. New Amsterdam Singers Bring Shakespeare to Upper West Side 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

“He had this remarkable ability to be humorous but still tender and meaningful, capturing the sentiments that people connect with around their dogs.” In Vermont, a haven for dogs and the humans who love them 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

Hobbled by his leg injury and humbled by age, the character hides a large, tender heart behind a scrim of sarcasm. ‘Hit the Road’ Review: Wheels Within Wheels 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

In “The Fairy Queen,” Purcell applied dances, tender arias and comic routines to a rewrite of Shakespeare’s “Dream.” A gamble pays off: Long Beach Opera transports 1692 'Fairy Queen' to modern-day Vegas 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z

And in Lulu’s moments of pensiveness and quiet fear, Ms. Petersen sings with a tender vulnerability that catches you off guard. Review: A Masterful ‘Lulu’ at the Met 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

There, a creaking, 74-year-old roadhouse called Mosca's comforts me with fat Gulf oysters broiled beneath thick, golden bread crumb roofs, and piles of spaghetti with tender meatballs doused in that same garlicky red sauce. My time-traveling bowl of spaghetti and meat sauce 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z

Then Michael brought a platter of whole fish, crisp on the outside with tender — really almost slippery — flesh within, one for each of us. In Sardinia, an Affordable Family-Run Farm Stay 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Another mega-ship malaise is tendering — that is, taking a motorboat ashore when the ship is moored away from a dock. Cruising Royal Caribbean’s mega-ship: At times, a little too mega 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

The cruelty in the worlds Flattery draws makes the tender moments in her stories all the more affecting. The Macabre, the Sinister, the Absurd: Story Time Just Got Weirder 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Cover the pan with a lid and place in the oven, leaving it to bake for 90 minutes, until the lamb is tender. Nigel Slater’s slow-cooking recipes 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

For one thing, Samberg is a softer-shelled crab, exposing the kind of tender nerves that Murray protected under a carapace of cynicism. ‘Palm Springs’ Review: Déjà Vu All Over Again 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

This means multiple harvests from the same plant, and leaves mild and tender enough for raw salads. How does your garden grow? Starting from seed is fun and nutritious 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

The program concluded on a tender note with the encore: a wistful rendition of Stephen Foster’s “Beautiful Child of Song.” Review: Dawn Upshaw Gets Down to Earth at Town Hall 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

Currie handles that emotionally complex and unspeakably sad situation with such tender solicitude. In ‘The One-Eyed Man,’ Ron Currie has created a character for our times 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

The show’s specialty was its tender approach to ordinariness, its baked-in knowledge that what makes a dog special — or an owner special, or a friend special — is that they’re yours. The Best TV Shows of 2017 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

They were a diverse group, but collectively they argued for the persistence of the church in even the most tender contemporary soul. Music: Kem and Jos? James Perform in New York 2010-08-10T22:28:00Z

It’s still funny and breathtakingly magical and tender. A magical ‘Cinderella’ with a human touch 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

The musicians offer a tender, deeply expressive interpretation of the piece, completed just two months before the composer’s death at 31. Classical Playlist: Verdi, Schubert, Michael Gordon and More 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Poignant, even tender, it radiates an unexpected aura of mortality. 'Apparitions' at the Hammer explores low-tech art in a high-tech world 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Firth’s caricature of scowling British reserve masking a tender heart is pitch perfect. Review: A Zany Renée Zellweger and Mystery Daddy in ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

The dancing is convulsive and self-lacerating — but also beautiful, and at times tender. Before the World Shut Down, a ‘Rite of Spring’ on a Senegal Beach 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

Zhao gives her a big, sprawling backdrop of the American West against which to create a timely American archetype: independent yet connected, tough yet meltingly tender. Perspective | Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

Taking a tip from my fried chicken recipe, I dry-brine the chicken tenders in a blend of salt, thyme, oregano, smoked paprika, garlic powder, and cayenne. How to Turn Chicken Tenders Into Adult Food 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Surging, seething and breathtakingly tender, the overwhelming force of this orchestral backdrop befitted an opera in which fate plays puppetmaster to its hapless characters. BBCSSO/Runnicles – review 2012-11-09T16:51:45Z

“I’m not going/I’m gone,” he sings on this tender yet resentful song. New Releases From Conor Oberst and Brantley Gilbert 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe I was the sole witness to this elaborate, tender pas de deux. Journeys: A Limited Human Footprint for a Natural Wonder 2010-10-22T19:48:00Z

Like the other meats, the spare ribs are dropped off with housemade pickles and tender rolls, a.k.a. competition for your attention. Review | There’s a lot in the name, and on the plate, at Ruthie’s All-Day in Arlington 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

The carrots are usually cut into rounds and boiled until tender but with a bit of firmness. New reasons to grow an old favorite, the carrot 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

Plates covered the table: warm mussels; tender octopus with celery and bits of tomato; cubed fresh tuna also with tomatoes. In Sardinia, an Affordable Family-Run Farm Stay 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

I have, during readings where the young and tender were present, already used Blair, Blairing and so forth, but I truly don't want that in my mouth regularly, so I don't think it'll do. The language of verbal restraint 2010-07-20T14:11:00Z

The frozen dish comes packed with tender dark meat chicken, peanuts, veggies and two packets of spicy soy ginger sauce. Trader Joe's 6 best frozen meals to add to your cart right now 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z

The final panel finds him recumbent atop his doghouse: the rain still falls in brutal torrents, but he is able to cope with it, a tender body at rest in a familiar landscape at last. How “Peanuts” Created a Space for Thinking 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

After three hours, the lamb is fragrant and tender. Long-Simmering Lamb for Waning Fall Days 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

“It’s like your first kiss, though hardly something every girl dreams about,” said Lilli Beard, 19, an incoming freshman at an Ivy League university, recalling her first “grind” at the tender age of 13. After Curfew: Rendering Grinders Toothless 2011-08-12T21:22:27Z

André Bishop, Lincoln Center Theater's producing artistic director, credits Doran with "intelligence, social awareness, wit and a deep and tender heart." Bathsheba Doran gains clarity in writing 'The Mystery of Love & Sex' 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z

You don’t see a chicken tender like this every day! Manatee-shaped chicken tender for sale for $5,000 on Facebook: 'Must see to appreciate' 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

There's cheesy macaroni; rice with cream gravy; and tender, succulent collards seasoned with smoked turkey. Where to Eat at the South's Best Fried Chicken Restaurants 2010-05-03T19:05:00Z

Few things feel more seasonal than opening up a roasting pumpkin and carefully extracting the seeds from the tender, golden flesh. Sugar, spice and everything nice: 3 ways to add extra flavor to your roasted pumpkin seeds 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

Other cards tender apologies for the disproportionate rate of death sentences handed to black people, and for swastikas painted on synagogues. What to see in L.A. galleries: Hot-button greeting cards, mesmerizing photograms 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

When cooked, it’s tender but a bit more firm than a zucchini, and does not get mushy or watery. A wandering squash for next year’s list

First, enjoy perfectly tender white beans bathing in parsley and garlic. Food52's 11 best soup recipes of all time, ranked 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z

The tender, flaky meat was cooked perfectly, and the outside fried golden brown in a bath of butter and garlic. In Lima, Peru, History and Culture Run Deep 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

An essentially tender and passive man, Ezzedine finds sustenance in his Islamic faith as his dignity is stripped away. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

“Fly” is only six episodes, and it moves with the happy bounce of “Sex Education” or the lighter scenes of “Stranger Things,” tender but not overly sappy, wiser than its characters but not overly judgmental. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

A green bean and lotus root salad, in a frothy sesame paste emulsion, delicately balanced tender, woody bamboo root, served with crispy green beans, pumpkin seeds and disks of lotus. Bites: Restaurant Review: Yumi, a Japanese Bistro in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z

Peel the tough outer leaves from the artichokes, stopping when you reach the tender leaves, then cut in quarters vertically. 20 best Mediterranean recipes: part 2 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

While five grand might seem like a lot for a chicken tender, Disbrow is planning on putting the money to good use. Manatee-shaped chicken tender for sale for $5,000 on Facebook: 'Must see to appreciate' 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

单词	tender
例句	tender To Estha—steeped in the smell of old roses, blooded on memories of a broken man—the fact that something so fragile, so unbearably tender had survived, had been allowed to exist, was a miracle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps if they had known the true meaning of the caller’s presence, the reception tendered him would have been less gracious, more guarded. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting the thorn out was not easy, for the foot had become so tender that Pipkin winced and pulled away even from Hazel’s tongue. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to his father’s ointment, the raw surfaces were healing well, but they were still very tender. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Sorcerers existed, beyond a doubt, and it was only too likely that they would cast sleeping spells, and that a mother would care for her daughter in that fierce and tender way. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There rose a soprano clamor from all three boys as they rocked the boat in arching their tender necks to see. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. The line tender sees everything. Reads the divers’ signals, the terrain, the equipment. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But these precious relationships seem tender, vulnerable, at the risk of disappearing with one wrong word from my mouth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t help that Charlie’s face appeared before me, awakening memories of his kind and tender ways. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “There’s a mighty fine bird,” he whispered, and sighed a tender sigh. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z I got to worrying about the deer, and for many days I climbed trees and cut down tender limbs for them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then out of habit I fired off the Repentance Psalm: Have mercy upon me, O God, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She gently laid her hand on the Grand Elder’s arm, giving it a tender squeeze. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Outside their state I think Texans are a little frightened and very tender in their feelings, and these qualities cause boasting, arrogance, and noisy complacency—the outlets of shy children. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And the scar’s red, but it’s no longer tender or swollen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Then she drank the rich juices and popped the tender meat in her mouth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you understand, Crow?” he said, his voice so sad, so tender, that I couldn’t breathe. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He touched her shoulder lightly as he left and there was something in his eyes, something both tender and sad, that made her tell herself that she had been wrong to sense reluctance from him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He cut a green willow fork and held the fish over die fire until the skin crackled and peeled away and the meat inside was flaky and moist and tender. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I helped him construct a sturdy stick barricade around the periphery so the jungle animals and village goats would not come in and wreck our tender vegetables when they came. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He poured milk for her in the lid of an old enamel coffeepot, and then he opened the pen and let them run, greedy for the tender green shoots of tumbleweeds pushing through the sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I wrote Winnie two letters about a particularly beautiful tomato plant, how I coaxed it from a tender seedling to a robust plant that produced deep red fruit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am always less fortunate than Robert. Has he been imparting tender confidences?” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z If they had known the various tender passages which had been nipped in the bud, they would have had the immense satisfaction of saying, “I told you so.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The tender looked down again at his work. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama blinked back tears as she and Papa gave each other a final tender kiss. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z But it was tender and strong, as if the pressure of his lips could communicate all the things he felt for her, all the things he still didn’t have the words in him to say. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And I can understand a tender, unprejudiced Jesus. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The tender had said that Jamison was probably somewhere in the wing, but she heard no sound. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His chest and lungs still felt tender and the taste of oil lingered in his mouth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And it seemed to the tenders of the sick that on the Halfling and on the Lady of Rohan this malady lay heavily. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It is nothing like the schooling Gogol’s parents have known, fountain pens and polished black shoes and notebooks and good names and sir or madam at a tender age. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Kat knows the way to roast horse-flesh so that it’s tender. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Only when a splinter caught under her fingernail, biting deep into the tender flesh, did Naomi react. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, you look long at his tender arms and calves and you wish you could keep him inside the house for the next ten years, buckled up and helmeted. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I look down at them, as if they were utterly black and blue as a Oaxaca storm—and tender as new corn. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Then by chance my knee found a tender spot between his legs and he doubled over, cursing me as I fled. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Her mother gave her hand a tender squeeze and pressed her lips against the girl’s black hair. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z An old, familiar feeling washes over me, Matilde’s tender- ness when I least deserved it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He isn’t thinking of harming her, or, as Hunter had cautioned, killing something tender. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was tender inside, almost painful if I inserted my finger. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to give him any indication that I was going to the attic to reopen the tender new scar tissue at my wrists. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She knew a moment of self-pity, of regret, thinking of the quill she had made, reliving all the tender dreams that had gone into the making of it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In its habits: It appeareth that Deus omnipotens reproduced not with a female of its own species, but by engendering young upon a female Homo sapiens of a tender age, viz. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Instead of continuing the argument about how they would cop, they began to fantasize about what the gold could buy when it became legal tender. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are, indeed. You are a tender one.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The Magnar all but ripped the maiden’s cloak from Alys’s shoulders, but when he fastened her bride’s cloak about her he was almost tender. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z These categories imply that we find Everest to be covered in snow; we make today Thursday; and the bank decrees that this is legal tender. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z At this, his heart melted, and he wept a tear and embraced me, begging my pardon and calling me the most excellent of beings, the most tender of grandchildren. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Beg pardon, Tm sure,” said Sir Grummore, grieved at having touched upon this tender subject—and all was well. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Your ageless heart as you move through time, layer on layer, tender sequoia . Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After weaning time, Violet would blow her breath on the babygirl’s food, cooling it down for the tender mouth. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you. And I met Thomas the Carver. He ate his lunch with me. It was nice to have someone to talk to. “And the tender explained things I needed to know,” she added. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had sat there long enough to see that the tide was beginning to empty out of the New Meadows, he rose and followed the shore of Malaga Island back to the tender. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z As she set the spirometer on the side table by my bed, she announced, “For lunch today we’ve got chicken tenders, and fries, and a small salad,” while setting the tray down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Again I thought, He is a child after all, still tender, still eager. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood a minute looking at her with new eyes, seeing what no one had ever seen before, the tender side of Amy’s character. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And if patients have tubes in them, they’re in their arms, where they don’t interfere with things such as tender kisses or makeup. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry about your poor tender head,” he said, putting a hand on Gurgi’s shoulder, “and that a friend should be wounded for my sake.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They were mean, you know, mean and tender. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt moved and tender and perfectly certain about what I was going to do. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Swords and spears and fire; and nails being pounded into the tender flesh of a man’s hands. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I was careless of my words, wanting to wound him, if he had any tender places left. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She plugged my phone in the wall and put the sketchbook and pencils on the roller tray-table next to the chicken tenders I now wasn’t going to be eating. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It is tender where Eric’s gun struck me— I will have to put healing salve on it so it doesn’t bruise. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They noticed his pallor, and Ellen’s eyes were tender as she recognized the signs of tears, but they would not shame him by asking if the trip had been too hard for him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He introduced a voucher system, which at first functioned as a form of credit, but gradually became a substitute for legal tender. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Rutherford cheerily tendered an invitation for Lawrence to visit the Cavendish, which Ernest accepted eagerly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He moved gingerly, like a man with a tender wound. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Hurds had sold their sloop but kept the tender, and one day, late in May, Turner borrowed it to row his mother over to Malaga Island, carrying with them a pot of violets. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “This going to hurt,” his father said—in such a different voice, so sad and tender!—turning again to the sofa. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She had been picking the tender squash blossoms and sticking them to her cheeks until she was festooned with them. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I hope it brings you a tender feeling. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward I always felt guilty and recited the Repentance Psalm: “Have mercy upon me, O God, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the blue bandanna he wore around his throat, the skin was still milky and tender. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Almost literally ripped from his mother’s arms and dumped in more austere surroundings at such a tender age, this scarred him mentally for life, although no unkindness was intended. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z One minute he was up on the balcony, singing in his tender, tone-deaf voice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The bigger, stronger cub was not frolicking with a tender, laughing female two-legs, being fed tidbits of meat in a pleasant sunlit open place. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A slender sapling followed his fingers, unfurling its tender buds and shoots up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Kira held her breath because she feared that a tender might be sharing the room to guard the tyke at night. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gonzalez wondered how the file clerk managed to do his filing without disturbing the tender shoots. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re probably a little surprised to hear me talking about admirers at such a tender age. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Scars covered his arm halfway to the elbow, and the mottled pink flesh still felt tight and tender, but it was healing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tough but tender grandpas need someone like that. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z His tender old feet moved from one smooth rock to another. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When the seeds finally mature, the berries turn red, sweet, and tender. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he avoided the tender subject altogether, wrote philosophical notes to Jo, turned studious, and gave out that he was going to ‘dig’, intending to graduate in a blaze of glory. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember no tender words or scented kisses. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Legal tender. Legal tender. I love it. Sounds like a virgin bride.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I would carefully dig out the plant, taking care not to let the steel of the shovel touch the tender roots. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z All the deepest and darkest and most tender parts of myself. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Then listen to me. Set your price much higher. In short, tender yourself more dearly, or you'll tender me a fool!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orange sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z No one followed me into the yard where the late afternoon sun had tenderized the midday harshness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Turtle is as tough as rock and has to be boiled for hours before it gets tender. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They pled with the few who still loaded sideboards and escritoires into tenders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But every now and then, I longed to search for a tender stalk of arrowroot, to feel the tease of a mango, just out of reach. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The trout was tender, but the cattail tubers were tough. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I moved to relieve pressure on an especially tender bruise. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a locomotive, a tender, and three little boxcars. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She held my cheeks together, pressing the tender spot with her thumb. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z With each tender seedling that unfurled its small green leaf to my eager gaze, my excitement would rise and mount; winged, wondrous. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z We cut out a piece of the tender heart, which was nearly two feet long and about five inches in diameter. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all right: at present I decidedly preferred these fierce favours to anything more tender. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The tender pointed, directing them to a row of three wooden chairs on the left, just below the stage, facing the au-dience. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But I only saw half, and ignored the other side of the poem: “The simple News that Nature told—With tender Majesty.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I curl back up on the bloodstained mattress, not cold but feeling so naked with just the paper to cover my tender flesh. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Finally at one a voice answered with a gruff “Yes?” and she pushed the door open to see one of the tenders, a man she didn’t recognize, busy at a desk. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s going to be tender for a couple of days. But you’ll be fine. I promise,” the nurse says gently as she pushes a button to make the bed go flat again. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z If only I could erase the Doctorita’s beatings and insults and keep the tender moments. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Federal troops were withdrawn from the region and former slaves left to the tender mercies of Dixie whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It should be a tender gesture, but it’s an evaluating one instead. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We unanimously decided to tender our resignations on the grounds that we supported the boycott and did not enjoy the support of the majority of the students. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Medium rare. Keeps it juicy and tender. If you cook it all the way through, you might as well eat shoe leather.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She waited there with Thomas until long past dark, until the tenders had taken their food trays away. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And one day I might just marry a virile, but tender, garage mechanic and have a big cowy family, like Dodo Conway. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The tender brought tea and they sat companionably together in the room while the rain spattered against the windows. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course you don’t cheat, Bailey,” his voice tender and paternal. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment the words would not come; there was room in me only for feeling, very deep, very tender, for this man who felt for me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z His feet had ballooned and grown tender to the point that he finally admitted that walking on them felt like walking on needles. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was something brooding and tender in her face, a gentleness in her eyes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Here the air was gentler, without the tooth of the wind; the grass spread rich and tender before him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z His face showed a tender pleading for the person inside to open the door and let him in. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He looked long and tender at her, and kissed her cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He just kept at it, torturing the soft body of the creature, pulling harder, stretching the tender thing as far as it would go. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Then in a surprisingly tender voice, a professional trick, too, no doubt, but not without effect, Presto asked, “Listen, guy, you got any place to stay?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “For someone of your tender years, I suppose it is,” he mused, while inspecting the jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I was more awed than aware, but I knew whatever I was watching was somehow both tender and profound, with an intimacy that made me invisible to them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z At the tender age of four, I knew my father was gone from my life for good. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A smell of tender mushrooms, of wood-flower fungus, of old and concentrated outdoors impregnated the air of the bedroom as it was breathed by the colossal old man weatherbeaten by the sun and the rain. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Later, as the men feasted on the dogs, Worsley commented that the piece he was eating had a better flavor than the leopard seal, and Hurley found it “exquisitely tender and flavorous.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Tonight, it's Ochún who's supposed to fill our heads with thoughts and dreams of beautiful sparkling things, pretty faces, soft touches, warm hugs, tender kisses, and deep connections. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The clerk, having seen this many times over the years, usually accepted our tender without comment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “The piggy? Oh, terrible hunger pinches! Gurgi cannot remember. Was there a piggy? Gurgi is fainting and falling into the bushes, his poor, tender head is full of air from his empty belly.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z That hurt deep in the heart’s tender parts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Luna’s mother scooped up Xan as tender as could be, and instructed Antain and Luna to hang on to her shoulders, as the crow hung on to Luna. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Stone-dead she dropped into the sloshing bilge the way a tern plummets; and the sailors heaved her over as tender pickings for the seals and fish. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The line tender holds the line above the surface. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The lives we had lived already, at such a young and tender age, gave way to many discussions about the future and what it held for us. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "Might be it fancies that tender bit in your belly." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z These were rights they didn't think I needed from the tender age of fourteen to twenty-five. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “And you believe his tenders of affection?” he said with scorn. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me—The simple news that Nature told—With tender Majesty. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am always less fortunate than Robert Has he been imparting tender confidences?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning I slapped an enormous bee between my hands just as it had lit upon a flower and it stung me in the tender center of my left palm. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The clouds present diffuse bands of tender grays and blues, and below them the ocean does the same. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z On the surface, the line tender, the family, the police, and the paramedics wait for four tugs on the line. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was just an articulation, tender and meaningful, of the thing that had caught us both by surprise. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My nose was tender and smarted when I touched it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Just before sundown the squash is cooked and the squirrel is juicy and tender. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It seems to me,” said Arthur, “that you are allowing yourself the luxury of a needlessly tender conscience.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Their pink and tender skin taught me how to be more careful than I’d ever been. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When my tender skin has toughened enough to withstand the pressure of sheets, more visitors arrive. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Beyond rose Middle Mountain, just 2,500 feet high but acutely angled and an entirely different experience on a hot day with a cumbersome pack sagging down on tender shoulders. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer, who had earlier tendered his acceptance, felt obliged to show up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Both inside and outside have a sour painful feeling. Too tender to even touch!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His two black laborers walked the rows, touching the tender flowers, fingering the soil and trying to puzzle out the sky. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The tender grasses peek up, innocent yellow, through the ground: the children of the dead. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran away to indulge the inclination, leaving the tender and the sublime of pleasure to Harriet’s share. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The slippery, light green leaves had fibrous stalks that did not become tender from cooking and so had to be carefully plucked out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Papa gave her a tender kiss on the cheek and put the coveralls on right over his pajamas. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z My scalp is throbbing; a tender lump has formed where my head hit the floor in the train station. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Emma only nodded, and smiled.—After a little thinking, and a very tender sigh, he added, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z A sharp pain shot through the tender flesh below his thumb. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He had declined the sauteed new greens, the tender and expensive leaves of bean plants plucked before the sprouts turn into beans. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t stop touching it, the skin raised and tender. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A tender brought tea and they sat together, talking of the robe and its stories, of the history it told, of the time before the Ruin. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gingerly touching them, I felt a pebble beneath the pink, tender flesh. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Chew leaves and apply them to my stings that are deflated but still tender. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z One instant, her grandmother’s skirts would brush against a dead cottonwood tree, and the next, its branches were covered in tender green leaves. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I was the only one who knew that despite her sharp ways, her heart was more tender than a flower skin and she loved me beyond reason. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This is not a spark of anything sweet, or tender, or shimmery. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He ran to the fencerow where he had left two pieces of bread and the cuts from a particularly tender haunch of beef that Nancy had wrapped in a white cloth for him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He was actually ten, but I was not going to stomp all over his tender campaign of first love. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Tyrion had nude a special effort to learn all their names, so he might thank them later for their tender treatment of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “No wonder you made it into the Arcanum at such a tender age.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This new order of things disgusted him, and he howled dismally for ‘Marmar’, as his angry passions subsided, and recollections of his tender bondwoman returned to the captive autocrat. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Poetic though they sound, and I appreciate that you’ve just described both tender ballads of love and socially prescient commentary, I still don’t believe this rings any bells.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He took his penknife from his pocket and cut off tender bites. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She spoke to them with a quiet, tender voice. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z But that mouth might decide to take a small sojourn down to the soft place under the jaw, or the tender, exquisite spot just below the ear. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The tale is typical of the Alexandrian poets, tender, a little soft, but always in exquisite taste. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Even at the tender age when I didn’t yet know my real name, I was puzzled by the hypocrisy of celebrating a people everyone looked down on. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There’s a lump, painful and tender, on the right side of my head. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We got off at the observation deck on the forty-second floor to find that the garden, which loomed so large to its tenders, was hopelessly hidden from view by buildings. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And when his parents were killed in a mining accident, the mate went to live in the grove with her, learning to nurse the tender shoots into towering giants with rustling fan-shaped leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And Carolina, although a little distressed by his tender mockery, quietly smiled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, sometimes I lay awake, wishing for the warmth of another just like me, asleep in a night nest of tender prayer-plant leaves. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Nailer’s shoulder was tender and inflamed from all the activity and it made climbing difficult. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Old Bilder examined him all over with most tender solicitude, and when he had finished with his penitent said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z At such times I looked at him with—yes—with tenderness. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The bland bread was fluffy, tender, and dissolved on his tongue like cotton candy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Free to be tender or violent, to whistle or weep. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z As with the adult Durham Klan unit, however, most of the Youth Corps’s work was focused on perceived local problems, and, given the tender age of Corps members, that meant problems in the schools. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z After all this time the scar is still tender. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z My heart is still too tender to be able to recover so quickly from a shock like the one I had last night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They rolled, teeth clipping at tender ears, hind claws digging for purchase in soft belly fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But Ma’s spirit had a soft, tender underside. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Mama’s no-nonsense voice was so tender, it made me cry, but I would not let her touch me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That finger had touched my mother in tender ways I did not fully comprehend. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Dinner is chicken tenders with potatoes and salad and a pear. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She curled up on the bed, feeling small and pink and tender as a cocktail shrimp, and let her fantasy go, like a balloon soaring into the sky until it burst. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At dinner my first night on the peak, Dad described the explosion as a tender mercy from the Lord. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And when a seed is dropped in, it can easily germinate and take root and push its tender new leaves toward the sun and begin the marvelous process of photosynthesis. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor did Meg miss any of the romance from the daily parting, when her husband followed up his kiss with the tender inquiry, “Shall I send some veal or mutton for dinner, darling?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The choicest potatoes, the tastiest morsel, the tenderest bit of whatever there is, that’s Madame’s motto. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Outside, special blend of spices. Inside, tender and juicy. What could be better?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked toward the rear, giving the whites a fawning, almost tender look. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My forehead was still tender to the touch, and the stitches were as ugly as sin, but I was feeling better. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “What happened, honey?” she asked Peach in a tender voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He puts his finger on the photograph in such a tender way that you can see his heart is very big for this little boy. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z And so he is tender and careful, and comes to her clean that their fulfilment may be rich and blessed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But she took Deydey’s gift with a tender thanks, knowing how much he delighted in choosing the presents, and how rarely he praised. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Many women tendered their resignations during their pregnancies and reapplied to the laboratory when they were ready to work again, hoping they would find a way to wrangle back their old jobs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Inside were three packages, wrapped up in white tissue paper, and clustered together in a tender, intimate way like eggs in a nest. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “He is the eternal urge of desire establishing the purposes of all creatures. He is an infinite patience, a tender care that nothing in the universe be vain.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And I didn’t know it was possible for the tips of your teeth to feel sensitive, tender to the touch. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I could not make out his tender qualities. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z ‘You were less tender to me,’ said Glóin with a flash of his eyes, as old memories were stirred of his imprisonment in the deep places of the Elven-king’s halls. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They chewed tender new stems of foxtail, almost as placidly as the animals below. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I shivered, my fingers straying to the tender bruise around my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Fadi avoided the plate of mantu and chewed on a piece of tender grilled chicken, watching the American couple awkwardly dunk bread into their eggplant dip. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z This frightened Francie into believing that hair grew on the faces of all nuns who entered the convent at a tender age. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She put the bracer on her left forearm, positioning it to keep her sleeve from interfering with her quick draw, but also to cover the tender inside. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Jo had been led away by tenders but not before she had had an exhilarating moment of triumph. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Kottayam Bible Society was having a fair and asked Mammachi to make some of her famous banana jam and tender mango pickle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The little creatures were cunning and hard to catch, but their meat was tender and rank. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The greatest jolt came when Dr. Moroka tendered a humiliating plea in mitigation to Judge Rumpff and took the witness stand to renounce the very principles on which the ANC had been founded. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice had the tender concern of a healthy person speaking to an invalid, and her plain statement rang thrillingly true: “I’m thankful.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother asked him to talk to her and he returned from the guest house with his Fra Angelico eyebrows lifted in tender exasperation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They were peach trees, budded most delicately pink, and willow trees thrusting forth tender green leaves. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She held him in the same ferocious, tender way Sarah Ruth had held him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I am toiling in my garden after a rain, moving tender seedlings. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When the tender came with the morning meal, Kira asked that the lights be lit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I bit the inside of my cheeks as I moved up the hallway, grinding tender slabs of flesh between my teeth. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The ribs were very tender on the left side. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I love you, Will,” Evy assured him in her soft tender voice that was a caress in itself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “The brain is very tender,” the doctor said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They mashed their tender pink snouts down into the slop, and rooted and grunted their satisfaction. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The new carrots, tender and pale, won’t be ready for weeks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z No one disturbed her, and she used to lie there on Beth’s little red pillow, planning stories, dreaming dreams, or thinking tender thoughts of the sister who never seemed far away. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew enough to be tender with her without knowing why. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I catch three pumpkinseed sunfish and a catfish while Bando gathers tender dandelion leaves, chicory greens, and wild carrots for salad. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped her fingers around his own and gave a tender squeeze. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Leave that to my father. He knows bank people who know other bank people. They’ll give him legal tender for it.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Even before all Berkeley’s commitments and promises were formally ironed out, he tendered his regrets to Conant. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The flesh is white and tender and very sweet. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice held a tender note that made my throat tighten. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Harsh words, but her voice is tender and the contradiction is a stony reminder that I am missing something vital. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The gesture is startling, atom-splitting, because it’s so unexpected, so tender. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Of course, Sergeant Caputo didn’t see us as bereaved children going through the worst day of our tender young lives. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z After the strides we have made, the tender moments we have shared, is this betrayal? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The earlier tender tone in my mom’s voice dissipates. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He rushed off to the bathroom while I finished the soft, tender rice, then nodded at the pot on the stove as I stood up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z ‘It mighty nigh time for these to be tender,’ she said cheerfully. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z My fingers find tender lumps on my skull but no blood. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z So the year rolled round, and at midsummer there came to Meg a new experience, the deepest and tenderest of a woman’s life. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She poured the water carefully over the blanket, and his hand immediately felt worse, more tender altogether. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I am amaze, and not at ease then; but she is so bright and tender and thoughtful for me that I forget all fear. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The canned sardines were delicious, well worth the tender gash on my head. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I refuse to retrieve the pouches, pout, go to bed, stare at the photograph of a real papaya tree, wonder if I’ll ever taste sweet, tender, orange flesh again. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It happened everywhere now, farms raided at night, raided of corn so tender they had not yet formed kernels and yams so young they were barely the size of a cocoyam. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Juice and chicken tender bits spray my plate. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z After all these centuries of tender loving care from millions of Tang families, the Stove King had gotten quite pudgy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Milkman’s feet were singing, the tender skin of the ball louder than the heels. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked natural at first, tender and friendly, but his hand stayed there. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'd sooner come to grips with that pig. Robb Stark is not half so tender, and he never smelled as good." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And yet there was something gentle and tender about him, in the way he had his arm around Boobie, who was wearing a red T- shirt and shorts with his shoulder tilting down slightly. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the calm stillness I saw him open his eyes, his hand came to my face, tender and searching, wiping away the unruly tears. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The tender budding of our new year, the periwinkles and the jasmine, the soft, scented champak blossom, had yielded place to the fierce flowering jacaranda and gold mohur, before Ira’s time came for giving birth. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “My boy. My tender boy. My dream boy. Everything’s going to be okay.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I said, and gently patted the steering wheel like it was my tender new baby. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Just like that, something tender he had never felt before took over his bones and seeped into his guts like a golden molasses, making him want to cry. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Pouches of pan-fried shredded coconut Tamarind paste on banana leaf Steamed corn on the cob Rounds of fried dough Wedges of pineapple on a stick And of course cubes of papaya tender and shiny. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The cow opens her meaty wet lips, curls her sandpaper tongue around the bunched clover like a fat rope, and rips the mouthful of tender leaves from its crown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Fresh flowers and tender shoots of vegetation were used to supplement the worm diet, also berries and whatever fruit a Sparra could carry in flight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Under the smudge of lipstick, her lips looked like a bruise, tender and raw. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There Kelvin proved himself such a prodigy that he was admitted to Glasgow University at the exceedingly tender age of ten. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Opening my own eyes, I saw Miss Love smile, and him smile back, so tender. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I can’t walk evenly, my body is tender all over, my stump is throbbing....I need to take my leg off and rest. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They found something endearing about it, something tender; it was the scorned mutt that no one else wanted. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The last Test had been javelin throwing on horseback, and a spot on her wrist was still tender. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "I thank you for them . . . and for your tender words. I pray you a lucky name day, Your Grace." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z From a tender age it had been Alba’s responsibility to put fresh flowers in the vases. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But so breathtaking were the streets that late afternoon, with their sentinel trees and tender gardens, that the sun itself seemed to waver, unsetting, reluctant to leave; it was the onlooker whose presence weighted everything. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The vines crowded each other in a twirling mass, winding desperately around each other’s stems, suffocating the tender com shoots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z O dear good faithful tender Joe, I feel the loving tremble of your hand upon my arm, as solemnly this day as if it had been the rustle of an angel’s wing! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Right now it’s enough to say that despite everything that happened that summer, I remain tender toward the bees. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But she was good because wherever she was, there was life, good, tender, overwhelming, fun-loving and strong-scented life. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a precious deposit!” said he with a tender sigh, as he received it. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z There was roast duck and sweet, brined pork and tender, spiced lamb. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then her children would not have gone hungry; she would not have had to scrub floors for their living and her memory of him would have remained a tender shining thing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My thoughts and emotions tangle—longing and confusion and uncertainty, but beneath the chaos in my mind, the tender reeds of hope take root and grow inside me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Motion passed. Discipline will be set at a formal letter of apology tendered to—” “For God’s sake, Arthur,” Hemme broke in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She touched the tender purple lump above his ear. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But Al Ulbrickson wasn’t one to waste a lot of time trying to figure out a touchy kid’s tender spots. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z So many tins of anchovies, so much chainsaw snoring, so many tender offerings of water bottles and clean socks. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I could feel my entire body shaking like a tender leaf in a powerful gust of wind, my relief was so great. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Mom, Abbey, and I pushed together to slide the bone- fish skiff off the trailer, since Dad’s hands were still tender from the fractured bones. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Taisin had forgotten the way it infused every leaf with vibrant color, causing the veins to stand out in sharp relief against the tender green. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As surety for their safety, seven hostages were tendered us. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She wrote, “Though gentle and tender, he had such a dignified repose and reserve of manner that, as children, we regarded him with fear rather than affection.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He turns my arm over and eases the tip of the needle into the tender skin on the side of my neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z At one time he had and used as legal tender at least forty-five tops of various sizes and colors, from the thick clumsy baby tops to the lean and dangerous splitters with their needle points. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though I harbored a secret crush on Jonah, I knew at the tender age of fourteen that it wasn't wise to get wrapped up in someone with a drug problem. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Emma understood him; and as soon as she could recover from the flutter of pleasure, excited by such tender consideration, replied, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z To find coolness and a way to avoid mosquitoes unable to fly that high up or unwilling to leave the tender neck meat near the street lamps. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Given Penelope’s tender feelings about animals, she did not think she could bear to see her pupils tear one limb from limb without becoming extremely upset. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “It’s tender to the touch. It turns red if you touch it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel remained awake for some time, licking Buckthorn’s leg, which was stiff and tender. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The tender, secret influence that passed from them into us could not rise again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z After I took off my boots, my feet looked wrinkled and tender and white. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “A large sheaf, but I know there’s room in your heart for it, Marmee dear,” added Meg’s tender voice. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “As long as it’s not chicken tenders it’ll be something new for me.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There was a tender plant with flowers like white stars hiding under the leaves, which were like the flower petals but green. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I gently pressed around the perimeter of his wound with one hand, making note of tender areas. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “No, they said they’d come for us. I asked the tender who brought my breakfast. “ Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But tender words from the Lord of the Underworld? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was blood already—he’d stumbled and ripped open the tender web of skin at the base of his thumb on a jagged splinter—and buckets of sweat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The food—fried okra, steamed corn on the cob, and pot roast that was so tender it fell right off the plastic fork—convinced me that Dolores was an even better cook than Maureen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “But I did mind you, Pip,” he returned with tender simplicity. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He met my eyes again, and they were surprisingly tender. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The sea was so smooth it looked sleepy, and the tender, even when Turner rowed as hard as he could, left: no wake. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Big, dark blue eyes are set widely apart, and are quick and tender or stern with the man’s moods. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z But I’d seen how clever he was at pawing through the snow to the tender grass below. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Thomas had returned to his own quarters to work, and Kira too with extra lamps lighted by the tender, had settled to her task, stitching carefully throughout the afternoon. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I boil it for a long time before it’s tender enough to fry. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I was only going to say that I wanted to clean the captain’s ear, but it’s too tender to be touched.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Gran sounded exasperated and tender at the same time. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My skin still feels hot and tender from where I scrubbed myself in the shower this morning; the inside of my mouth, my cheeks, my tongue, they feel bitten. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then usually he would back off, apologetic and tender. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The creature has a maker, a boy with nimble fingers and a tender heart. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Your hands are bigger than mine, and you will stretch my glove dreadfully,” began Meg, whose gloves were a tender point with her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But Meg looked straight up in her husband’s eyes, and said, “I will!” with such tender trust in her own face and voice that her mother’s heart rejoiced and Aunt March sniffed audibly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But Noris was like me, she wanted to give herself to things, and at her tender age, she could only imagine giving herself to children. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother gazed at me a little longer, with an expression that was both tender and perplexed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was good: tender flesh, with a taste somewhat like chicken, but still quite different. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The most wistful, tender anecdotes generally were told on days when some incident had touched him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner took the oars without thought and kept the tender moving into the waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The father’s tenderest feelings were supposed to make his voice quaver as he said, Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Little Agnes had a lot of it, always uncooperative to the comb, and she had a sensitive, tender scalp. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I recall flying fish as being quite tasty, their flesh rosy white and tender. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She frowned, squeezed her eyelids together, and touched her tender mouth with her tongue. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But really, with all those multitudes of tender mercies, He has got to understand sometimes you need to scare a person a little for her own good. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When he does, there’s such a tender quality to his voice that I can’t help looking up at him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He could no longer hear the water—not the rain or the charging of fins through the sea—only the snapping of flames as they gobbled the ancient trees and tender saplings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The man’s voice is tender, barely a whisper, a short knife in the tension that grips the house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z They loved the grooming, but sometimes they were a little shy of the dandy brush when we came close to tender spots. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He stroked her warm hair, her tender shoulders, and then he kissed her face again and again, and presently she gave a deep, shuddering sigh and fell still. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When she took her vows, he presided over the ceremony and, like a tender father, gave her in marriage to Christ. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing so sweet,” murmured Orgoch, sucking a tooth, “as a tender young lamb’s summer afternoon.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z In it I saw myself as unbreakable, as tender as stone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She lifted seedlings out of the flat, untangling their nets of tender white roots. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z "I did not say you were a thief. I said I suspected it. If I am wrong, I'll gladly tender an apology." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I felt sorry for Travis, the youngest and most tender of the bunch, who ate alone and cast piteous, moony looks at Lula. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z With its wonderful crisp yet tender crust and floury bottom, it was easily the most wonderful bread in the world, she thought, when it was fresh. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s late afternoon when I wake; the sun emerges from the clouds, highlighting the tender greens all around the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z God sees the little sparrow fall, It meets His tender view; If God so loves the little bird, I know He loves me too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He tried to recall the tender moments they had shared when she was alive. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But given the scene around me and my own tender wrist, I wondered whether his study wasn’t valid after all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see, my son. I do see them. Let them sleep. They haven’t closed an eye for so long ... They’re exhausted .. . exhausted . ..” His voice was tender. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t hunger, not really, just the primal need to feel my mouth move, to cut the tender meat against my teeth, to have the still-hot grain warm my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The skin there was still tender, blooming to black. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “The one who brought your food? That’s a tender. They’ll help you however you want. And a guardian will be checking on you every day.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite her torments, she was always tender to her girl, even if her big toothless smile fell like an ax the moment Lovey turned away. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I held my fountain pen in my left hand, the nib sunken into the tender flesh of my right forearm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In those tender mornings the Store was full of laughing, joking, boasting and bragging. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Horse ain’t legal tender. You don’t move until I get my money.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not yet understand that it was this fact of being tender—of having lived some years of a life that allowed tenderness—that would, finally, save me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “We lost two sons. Raja died by an accident. The child was too tender for this world; he could not live as we did. After the crops failed he—”I stopped again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of her tender age, her captors did not immediately force their urges upon her, but eventually some of the more seasoned mates dragged her from the hold six weeks into the passage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “The tenders will show you how it works,” he explained. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they went below the surface and came up again, but mostly they waited for him in his puny tender. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It hurt his pride at a tender point. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Malvonne could feel the wall of life pressed up against the woman’s palms; feel her hands bashed tender from pounding it; her hips constrained by the clutch of small children. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, with Crane-man’s careful ministrations, the wound on Tree-ear’s hand would begin to heal, the tender pink layer toughening slightly. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Harry lay there, staring up at the patch of light on the ceiling, his recently mended skull not hurting, precisely, but feeling slightly tender underneath all the bandaging. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was tender the way he said it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The man next to her—her husband, from the familiar, tender way he touches her—tries to help her up, and the soldier lifts his gun and gestures for the man to keep going. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z My ribs were so tender that breathing became a new adventure in spiked pain. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The skin under my jaw felt swollen and tender. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her skin was pink and tender, and a pale milky fluid was leaking from her cracked palms, but her bums were healing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not when we moved into number twenty-three, a roomier, lovelier house than I’d imagined I’d live in at the tender age of twenty-six. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come, you, and gaze upon the tar man! Blackly he reposes, tender face the color of soot, withered limbs like veins of coal, feet lumps of driftwood hung with shriveled grapes!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Nancy’s eyes flashed in a fierce, tender way. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had let his love, a tender maiden, come alone to a place full of danger, and not been there first to protect her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z While Pastor Dames introduces him, Paul Robeson sits like a tender giant, strong and confident. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He meant for it to look tender and affectionate, but there was a tension in her body like that of a startled deer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His own was the flimsiest cotton, and tender in every fiber from long wear. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Looking at Dad’s tender eyes, I felt a little better. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “To hear is to obey, but March is fairer far than May,” said little Parker, making a frantic effort to be both witty and tender, and getting promptly quenched by Laurie, who said... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin is pale and looks un- wholesomely tender, like the skin under a scab. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Once when she said this Wang Lung was curious and he asked her, “What was it in your tender years that made you thus fearful of men?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It takes a few scoots because the stump is very tender. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z In the early morning peasants sold vegetables I had never seen or eaten before in my life—and my mother assured me I would find them so sweet, so tender, so fresh. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As Muslims, they had a very tender heart for all unfortunates, and very sensitive feelings for truth and justice. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Rubbing his tender knuckles, Reynie went on, “I think the question is why you were running instead of walking.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z When he spread her legs she was wet and he slid inside her, saying her name as no one had ever said it and as no one ever would, sugary and tender. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "I understand that you are to be married soon. Permit me to tender my congratulations." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She lifted the plate cover, the condensation dripping all over my chicken tenders. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I had a headache—not an ache in my brain but an actual aching of my brain, as if the organ itself was tender. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We drove out on the slack and unloaded our rockets with tender care. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She saw her share of bare skin, too—brown, not blue—and watched the pulse of unprotected throats and tender, pale wrists. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His grip was not hard, but his icy look hid from me any tender feelings he might have harbored. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I’d be tending my herb garden, clipping sprigs of fragrant leaves or replanting tender roots, then all of a sudden, a single tear would fall down my face without my awareness, surprising me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Her skin was pale and translucent and her mouth was tender. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a house girl’s tender physique and shrank further in her simpering. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I hated when Gran had been rough with doing my hair, and I was glad I wasn’t the only one in the family who was tender headed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The tenderness between two people can turn the air tender, the room tender, time itself tender. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “But don’t you worry. She won’t be gone often. I shall demonstrate our tender hospitality to you, such that you will not even think about ever going back.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z My grandmother became an orphan at the tender age of seven. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Taylor tried to lead the way, but many of the girls ran scattershot for the forbidding jungle, scrambling over brambles, scraping their tender flesh against the prickly trunks of the palms. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The man held Gabes neck with one gloved hand, raised his weapon with the other, and touched the tender skin there with the blade. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One night, when the sea breeze remembered that autumn wasn’t far away and so began to blow colder, Turner told Willis he wanted to take the tender out into the bay. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Then the woman said in the most tender voice I’d ever heard, “I love you so much.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Her face was sweet and tender, and, like Mr. Morton, she loved the vast hordes of unwashed and unwanted children more than she loved the cared-for ones. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Kira nodded agreement, and Thomas left the room to summon the tenders. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I fell down again, holding my tender crotch, and tried not to scream. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The rough scraping left his scalp tender, littered with nicks. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Do what you can to bear up, and think how invariably kind and tender you have been to her. I am in bed, not very well.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z During my time there they were numb or slightly tender from the constant examinations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At first, our kisses were sweet and tender, but with each one, an urgency welled inside me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z An Incan princess felt the tenderest of passions for a Conquistador who had arrived with horses to subdue her nation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Christoffel the errand boy has curly blond hair and big blue eyes and the tender skin of someone who hasn't been shaving long. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The beginning had seemed so tender and so right. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He gives a tug on the line to let the line tender know he has reached bottom. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He caressed her with the tender, fatherly touch he sometimes used with animals, until the woman finally relaxed and allowed him to roll up the sleeves of her old Chinese robe, revealing her skeletal arms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I smelled the sweat and soil and soap on the tender skin. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the leaves, shined to a tender green, gave a clue to the shower that had passed over Brooklyn. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z To my great relief, it thrived under our tender care, first stretching for the light and then trailing along the windowsill. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That it was a tender mercy, that it had brought souls to God. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her tender look was all the affection and support I needed, and as she departed she turned to me and said, “Uqinisufokotho, Kwedini!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Too soon it was over, leaving me with a tender feeling in my chest and a vague prickling in my eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Consulting contracts were tendered by Eastman Kodak, General Electric, and the American Cyanamid Company, and invitations flowed in to serve on government committees, to lecture, to testify before Congress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My mother’s tender caresses and my father’s smile of benevolent pleasure while regarding me are my first recollections. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z How anguished she would be when Ignatius described his tender pleasures. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Keep me warm, Caden,” she whispers, her voice like the tender creak of a sapling branch. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But the wing, instead of being soft and tender, was a bit tough, so the meat did not fall easily off the bone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There seemed a great distance to it, as could never be gained by skiff or tender; and yet it filled all of that silent landscape, and so was not lost to the night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A surprisingly tender sentiment from Stannis, though undercut by that final, brutal if I can and the addendum and find a better match for her than Ramsay Snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Along the roadside the sage had tender new tips. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I stabbed my chicken tender with a fork. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z While Kira watched curiously, Thomas approached the tender and spoke briefly to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And no pheasant buried in coconut leaves for twenty days and stuffed with wild rice and cooked over a wood fire so tender and delicate it make you cry. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was grey, but despite that and the slow, tender manner in which he walked, he wasn’t very old. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was so nasty crawling around underneath that dumpster picking up tomatoes, ketchup packets,dipping-sauce containers, and half-eaten baked potatoes and chicken tenders, but it was so much fun. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He recovered quickly under Ben’s tender ministrations, a mug of mead, and a reminder that not everyone was cut out to have eyebrows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Words that glisten with a kind of tender reverence. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I never did either, but the power made me tender to her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But his smile returned, and his eyes were tender again, and nothing harsher than cherry smoke came out of his mouth. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The tender tops against my hand felt like long eyelashes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I tried to get him to open his mouth, to make sure all of his teeth were still there, but his jaw was too tender for me to touch it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Honey and grease ran over his fingers and dripped down into his beard as he nibbled at the tender meat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He leaned down and snipped off a tender morsel. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z From a certain angle, the spring seems so calm: warm, tender, each night redolent and composed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Sansa had always seemed such a sweet child, tender and courteous. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My wrist was still tender when I shook the bishop’s hand. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Their meat was never as tender as the flesh of the animals that hadn’t anticipated death. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was relatively light work compared to pushing coal carts, but it required that he wear a kind of harness with a leather strap that chafed the tender scars on his lower back and tailbone. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They had given over the lives of their own children and tendered their grandchildren. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s have a look at that bruise. Is it tender?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I have no intention of smacking your poor, tender head,” said Gwydion. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z When she worked on the quilt, head bent, awkward fingers guiding the needle carefully through the material, she experienced a strange, tender feeling that was new to her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d struck some tender tissue, but I didn’t understand its import. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z "I don't know," I said, realizing that I could feel nothing beyond the pressure around my head and the tender surface of my body. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched her cheek, real tender, and said, “I’m tired, Mary Willis. I thought maybe you and me could go to bed early tonight.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I smelt a mingling of Pablum and sour milk and salt-cod-stinky diapers and felt sorrowful and tender. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It was as if a car had hit her at full speed, in the tender place between the lower tip of the breastbone and the belly button. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The line tender holds the line and directs the diver in an arch search, the primary diver moving in a three-foot circle around himself, feeling for the child. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I lived carrying a huge wound, tender, festering, and I shrank when I came near anything that I thought would touch it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa-Nnukwu complained that she would make his feet too tender, that even soft stones would pierce his soles now because he never wore sandals in the village, though Aunty Ifeoma made him wear them here. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z "Not to be confused with Kung Fu Panda or the panda you had pictured in your mind. They only eat the most tender bamboo shoots, along with some insects and fruits." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That earned him the worst thrashing he ever had at Winterfell, though it was almost tender compared to the beatings his brothers used to give him back on Pyke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One hundred twenty-three dollars in legal tender was promptly reduced to ash and smoke. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Milkman thought about running anywhere on his tender feet and said, “Oh, well. I’ll try to catch him another time.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His dad makes him chicken tenders three days a week. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The stew's made with tender chunks of lamb and dried plums today. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The larger of the two nudged my forehead with his own, a tender cat caress of friendship. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Dark as night, soft and crumbly, with tender green shoots poking through. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Nancy made a flat cake of white flour with a sprinkling of sugar on top, and Jenny pulled tender radishes and onions from her garden to give the taste of spring to their meed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She will tempt you with "It Gets Better Brown Butter Brownies," because we all need equal measures of tender reassurance and salty chocolate. Comfort me with food memoirs, the only books I want to read right now 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z He had a rough life, a grim groin situation, redemption, and a tender bowl of soup with Sansa. “Game of Thrones” Season 8, Episode 3 Recap: The Stab Heard Round the World 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Of all of Cage’s films, this tender and dramatically propulsive story is perhaps the simplest: He plays a once-hotshot chef who sets out to recover his abducted foraging pig. Nicolas Cage, Ranked From Wild to Mild 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z But in “Upstate,” Wood never abandons the darker concern of Alan’s visit, and the novel’s real substance stems from its tender exploration of the mystery of temperament. Review \| What does a father most want for his children? James Wood’s novel shows us. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z This is where we sense McLaren best as an imaginative artist: the appraising eye, the tender pen. Review: ‘Frame by Frame,’ a Ballet That Puts a Filmmaker Center Stage 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Less common is a Hamlet who is tender and romantic and achingly vulnerable, like a petal falling from the head of a flower at the end of its bloom. Review: In a Powerful ‘Hamlet,’ a Fragile Prince Faces His Foes 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The movie involves obsessing over actors at a tender age. What 9 Movie Insiders Wore to the Toronto Film Festival 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The movie is expansive and tender without sparing the humor or the peculiarity. Review: “The Old Man and the Gun” Is a Peak in Robert Redford’s Career 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Cook for 10-12 minutes, or until most of the liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. Perspective \| Hints From Heloise: Southwestern Veggie Rice 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Lysandre is tender, measured and entirely acoustic, yet that doesn't prepare you for quite what a weird album it is. Christopher Owens on life after Girls 2013-02-01T14:00:00Z His version of “Lullaby,” from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” was tender, slightly eerie and harmonically alluring. New Amsterdam Singers Bring Shakespeare to Upper West Side 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z “He had this remarkable ability to be humorous but still tender and meaningful, capturing the sentiments that people connect with around their dogs.” In Vermont, a haven for dogs and the humans who love them 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Hobbled by his leg injury and humbled by age, the character hides a large, tender heart behind a scrim of sarcasm. ‘Hit the Road’ Review: Wheels Within Wheels 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z In “The Fairy Queen,” Purcell applied dances, tender arias and comic routines to a rewrite of Shakespeare’s “Dream.” A gamble pays off: Long Beach Opera transports 1692 'Fairy Queen' to modern-day Vegas 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z And in Lulu’s moments of pensiveness and quiet fear, Ms. Petersen sings with a tender vulnerability that catches you off guard. Review: A Masterful ‘Lulu’ at the Met 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z There, a creaking, 74-year-old roadhouse called Mosca's comforts me with fat Gulf oysters broiled beneath thick, golden bread crumb roofs, and piles of spaghetti with tender meatballs doused in that same garlicky red sauce. My time-traveling bowl of spaghetti and meat sauce 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Then Michael brought a platter of whole fish, crisp on the outside with tender — really almost slippery — flesh within, one for each of us. In Sardinia, an Affordable Family-Run Farm Stay 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Another mega-ship malaise is tendering — that is, taking a motorboat ashore when the ship is moored away from a dock. Cruising Royal Caribbean’s mega-ship: At times, a little too mega 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z The cruelty in the worlds Flattery draws makes the tender moments in her stories all the more affecting. The Macabre, the Sinister, the Absurd: Story Time Just Got Weirder 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Cover the pan with a lid and place in the oven, leaving it to bake for 90 minutes, until the lamb is tender. Nigel Slater’s slow-cooking recipes 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z For one thing, Samberg is a softer-shelled crab, exposing the kind of tender nerves that Murray protected under a carapace of cynicism. ‘Palm Springs’ Review: Déjà Vu All Over Again 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z This means multiple harvests from the same plant, and leaves mild and tender enough for raw salads. How does your garden grow? Starting from seed is fun and nutritious 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The program concluded on a tender note with the encore: a wistful rendition of Stephen Foster’s “Beautiful Child of Song.” Review: Dawn Upshaw Gets Down to Earth at Town Hall 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Currie handles that emotionally complex and unspeakably sad situation with such tender solicitude. In ‘The One-Eyed Man,’ Ron Currie has created a character for our times 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z The show’s specialty was its tender approach to ordinariness, its baked-in knowledge that what makes a dog special — or an owner special, or a friend special — is that they’re yours. The Best TV Shows of 2017 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z They were a diverse group, but collectively they argued for the persistence of the church in even the most tender contemporary soul. Music: Kem and Jos? James Perform in New York 2010-08-10T22:28:00Z It’s still funny and breathtakingly magical and tender. A magical ‘Cinderella’ with a human touch 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The musicians offer a tender, deeply expressive interpretation of the piece, completed just two months before the composer’s death at 31. Classical Playlist: Verdi, Schubert, Michael Gordon and More 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Poignant, even tender, it radiates an unexpected aura of mortality. 'Apparitions' at the Hammer explores low-tech art in a high-tech world 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Firth’s caricature of scowling British reserve masking a tender heart is pitch perfect. Review: A Zany Renée Zellweger and Mystery Daddy in ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The dancing is convulsive and self-lacerating — but also beautiful, and at times tender. Before the World Shut Down, a ‘Rite of Spring’ on a Senegal Beach 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Zhao gives her a big, sprawling backdrop of the American West against which to create a timely American archetype: independent yet connected, tough yet meltingly tender. Perspective \| Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Taking a tip from my fried chicken recipe, I dry-brine the chicken tenders in a blend of salt, thyme, oregano, smoked paprika, garlic powder, and cayenne. How to Turn Chicken Tenders Into Adult Food 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Surging, seething and breathtakingly tender, the overwhelming force of this orchestral backdrop befitted an opera in which fate plays puppetmaster to its hapless characters. BBCSSO/Runnicles – review 2012-11-09T16:51:45Z “I’m not going/I’m gone,” he sings on this tender yet resentful song. New Releases From Conor Oberst and Brantley Gilbert 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z I couldn’t believe I was the sole witness to this elaborate, tender pas de deux. Journeys: A Limited Human Footprint for a Natural Wonder 2010-10-22T19:48:00Z Like the other meats, the spare ribs are dropped off with housemade pickles and tender rolls, a.k.a. competition for your attention. Review \| There’s a lot in the name, and on the plate, at Ruthie’s All-Day in Arlington 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The carrots are usually cut into rounds and boiled until tender but with a bit of firmness. New reasons to grow an old favorite, the carrot 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Plates covered the table: warm mussels; tender octopus with celery and bits of tomato; cubed fresh tuna also with tomatoes. In Sardinia, an Affordable Family-Run Farm Stay 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z I have, during readings where the young and tender were present, already used Blair, Blairing and so forth, but I truly don't want that in my mouth regularly, so I don't think it'll do. The language of verbal restraint 2010-07-20T14:11:00Z The frozen dish comes packed with tender dark meat chicken, peanuts, veggies and two packets of spicy soy ginger sauce. Trader Joe's 6 best frozen meals to add to your cart right now 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z The final panel finds him recumbent atop his doghouse: the rain still falls in brutal torrents, but he is able to cope with it, a tender body at rest in a familiar landscape at last. How “Peanuts” Created a Space for Thinking 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z After three hours, the lamb is fragrant and tender. Long-Simmering Lamb for Waning Fall Days 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z “It’s like your first kiss, though hardly something every girl dreams about,” said Lilli Beard, 19, an incoming freshman at an Ivy League university, recalling her first “grind” at the tender age of 13. After Curfew: Rendering Grinders Toothless 2011-08-12T21:22:27Z André Bishop, Lincoln Center Theater's producing artistic director, credits Doran with "intelligence, social awareness, wit and a deep and tender heart." Bathsheba Doran gains clarity in writing 'The Mystery of Love & Sex' 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z You don’t see a chicken tender like this every day! Manatee-shaped chicken tender for sale for $5,000 on Facebook: 'Must see to appreciate' 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z There's cheesy macaroni; rice with cream gravy; and tender, succulent collards seasoned with smoked turkey. Where to Eat at the South's Best Fried Chicken Restaurants 2010-05-03T19:05:00Z Few things feel more seasonal than opening up a roasting pumpkin and carefully extracting the seeds from the tender, golden flesh. Sugar, spice and everything nice: 3 ways to add extra flavor to your roasted pumpkin seeds 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Other cards tender apologies for the disproportionate rate of death sentences handed to black people, and for swastikas painted on synagogues. What to see in L.A. galleries: Hot-button greeting cards, mesmerizing photograms 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z When cooked, it’s tender but a bit more firm than a zucchini, and does not get mushy or watery. A wandering squash for next year’s list First, enjoy perfectly tender white beans bathing in parsley and garlic. Food52's 11 best soup recipes of all time, ranked 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z The tender, flaky meat was cooked perfectly, and the outside fried golden brown in a bath of butter and garlic. In Lima, Peru, History and Culture Run Deep 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z An essentially tender and passive man, Ezzedine finds sustenance in his Islamic faith as his dignity is stripped away. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z “Fly” is only six episodes, and it moves with the happy bounce of “Sex Education” or the lighter scenes of “Stranger Things,” tender but not overly sappy, wiser than its characters but not overly judgmental. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z A green bean and lotus root salad, in a frothy sesame paste emulsion, delicately balanced tender, woody bamboo root, served with crispy green beans, pumpkin seeds and disks of lotus. Bites: Restaurant Review: Yumi, a Japanese Bistro in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z Peel the tough outer leaves from the artichokes, stopping when you reach the tender leaves, then cut in quarters vertically. 20 best Mediterranean recipes: part 2 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z While five grand might seem like a lot for a chicken tender, Disbrow is planning on putting the money to good use. Manatee-shaped chicken tender for sale for $5,000 on Facebook: 'Must see to appreciate' 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z
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